---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 18.1002"
title: "29"
number: "18.1002"
heading: "Requirement of original."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/18.1002"
---

# §18.1002. Requirement of original.


To prove the content of a writing, recording, or photograph, the original writing, recording, or photograph is required, except as otherwise provided in these rules, or by rule or regulation prescribed by the administrative agency pursuant to statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, or by Act of Congress.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 55 FR 13219, Apr. 9, 1990, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 5 U.S.C. 551-553; 5 U.S.C. 571 note; E.O. 12778; 57 FR 7292.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 32538, July 15, 1983, unless otherwise noted.