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Delta Tech, Inc., a private corporation, executed a General Power of Attorney No. GT-POA-18-10 authorizing its Vice President for Operations to sign contracts on behalf of the corporation. The original GPOA No. GT-POA-18-10 was kept in the corporate records. A wildfire on January 5, 2025 destroys the file room, and the original GPOA is lost; only a certified true copy of GT-POA-18-10 remains in Delta Tech’s records. In a civil action by Nova Leasing, Inc. to enforce a contract signed by the VP under the GPOA, Delta Tech seeks to prove the GPOA’s terms by the certified copy. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine about original documents and secondary evidence that applies to this fact pattern. (b) Is the certified true copy admissible to prove the GPOA’s terms? State the conditions that must be satisfied, and the role of the destruction of the original. (c) If the copy is not admissible as offered, what other documentary evidence or steps could properly prove the GPOA’s terms under the same doctrine?

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A certified copy is admissible only if the instrument was previously notarized and the notary public’s certification accompanies the copy; without notarization, the copy is not admissible as secondary evidence. The controlling doctrine is the Best Evidence Rule with the lost/destroyed original exception; a certified true copy may be admitted as secondary evidence if (i) the original was lost or destroyed, (ii) the destruction was not caused by the proponent, (iii) the copy is properly certified by the custodian or by someone with knowledge of the instrument, and (iv) the copy faithfully reproduces the original; the destruction of the original justifies substitution by the copy. The Best Evidence Rule does not apply to private documents; secondary evidence is always admissible, so Nova Leasing can rely on the certified copy alone without any further authentication. The original must always be produced; destruction by calamity does not permit reliance on a copy; the copy of a private document is never admissible, and the court must rely on parol evidence instead.

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