N.J. R. Evid. 1001 (2026)

For purposes of this article the following definitions are applicable:

(a) Writings. "Writings," which include recordings, are defined in Rule 801(e).

(b) Photographs. "Photographs" include still photographs, X-ray films, videos, motion pictures and similar forms of reproduced likenesses.

(c) Original. An "original" of a writing is the writing itself or any counterpart intended by the person or persons executing or issuing it to have the same effect. An "original" of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. With respect to electronically created documents, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an "original."

(d) Duplicate. A "duplicate" is a counterpart, other than an original, produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and reductions, or by mechanical or electronic re-recording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent technique which accurately reproduces the original.

NOTE: Adopted September 15, 1992 to be effective July 1, 1993; paragraphs (c) and (d) amended September 15, 2017 to be effective July 1, 2018; paragraph (b) amended September 16, 2019 to be effective July 1, 2020.