Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 22-3426 (2026)

Record of judgment; form and content of journal entry

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22-3426. Record of judgment; form and content of journal entry. (a) When judgment is rendered or sentence of imprisonment is imposed, upon a plea or verdict of guilty, a record thereof shall be made upon the journal of the court, reflecting, if applicable, conviction or other judgment, the sentence if imposed, and the commitment, which record among other things shall contain a statement of the crime charged, and under what statute; the plea or verdict and the judgment rendered or sentence imposed, and under what statute, and a statement that the defendant was duly represented by counsel naming such counsel, or a statement that the defendant has stated on the record or in writing that the defendant did not want representation of counsel.

(b) If defendant is sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections the journal entry shall record, in a judgment form, if used, all the information required under K.S.A. 21-6711, and amendments thereto, unless such section is not applicable.

(d) For felony convictions for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, in addition to the provisions of subsections (a) through (c), the journal entry shall contain the following information:

(1) Court case number;

(2) Kansas bureau of investigation number;

(3) case transaction number;

(4) court O.R.I. number;

(5) the type of counsel;

(6) type of trial, if any;

(7) pretrial status of the offender;

(8) the date of the sentencing hearing;

(9) a listing of offenses for which the defendant is convicted;

(10) the criminal history classification;

(11) the sentence imposed for each offense including postrelease or probation supervision durations;

(12) whether the sentences run concurrently or consecutively;

(13) amount of credit for time spent incarcerated;

(14) period ordered in county jail as a condition of probation;

(15) a listing of offenses in which a departure sentence is imposed;

(16) type of departure sentence; and

(17) factors cited as a basis for departure sentence.

The journal entry shall be recorded on a form approved by the Kansas sentencing commission.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3426; L. 1980, ch. 104, § 6; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 260; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 193; L. 1994, ch. 291, § 91; L. 1994, ch. 341, § 17; L. 1995, ch. 251, § 26; L. 1996, ch. 258, § 6; L. 2008, ch. 41, § 1; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 129; July 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: State v. Jones, 35 P.3d 887 (Kan. 2001).

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State v. Jones, 35 P.3d 887 (Kan. 2001). · cites it 12× “to set aside the sentencing and have a new sentencing.” On appeal, Jones contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence because (1) the journal entry of sentencing did not comply with K.”

State v. Lawson, 297 P.3d 1164 (Kan. 2013). · cites it 3× “About the same time, however, the legislature passed K.S.A. 22-3426 dealing with the record of criminal judgment and the form and content of the journal entiy.”

State v. Armstrong, 731 P.2d 249 (Kan. 1987). · cites it 5× “The defendant also argues his conviction must be reversed and a new trial granted for failure to satisfy K.S.A. 22-3426(a), which requires a journal entry of judgment to include “a statement that the defendant was duly represented by counsel naming such counsel, or a statement…”

State v. Maggard, 829 P.2d 591 (Kan. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “This is the best possible evidence of a prior felony conviction and would include all of the necessary facts required to be shown by K.S.A. 22-3426. In this case, evidence of that kind was not used.”

State v. Moses, 607 P.2d 477 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “A record of the judgment rendered or the sentence imposed must be made upon the journal of the court, and the judge must personally examine and sign the journal entry.”

Juan Larin-Ulloa v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney Gen., 462 F.3d 456 (5th Cir. 2006). “See Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-3426 . 14 .To charge an offense under Kansas law, the information must contain "a plain and concise written statement of the essential facts constituting the crime charged,” although an information "drawn in the language of the statute[] shall be deemed…”

State v. Coe, 574 P.2d 929 (Kan. 1977). · cites it 2× “First, the appellant contends the trial court erred in entering judgment of sentence in that it failed to comply with K.S.A. 22-3426 or K.S.A. 21-4603(3) (now K.”

Abasolo v. State, 160 P.3d 471 (Kan. 2007). “K.S.A. 2006 Supp. 22-3426(a) and (e). The journal entry “is thus a record of the sentence imposed; but the actual sentencing occurs when the defendant appears in open court and the judge orally states the terms of the sentence.”

State v. Phillips, 210 P.3d 93 (Kan. 2009). “22-3426(a) because it differentiates between the judgment and the sentence by separating the two terms with a disjunctive and by placing them separately in a series of items to be recorded in a journal entry, stating in part: “When judgment is rendered or sentence of…”

State v. Turner, 721 P.2d 255 (Kan. 1986). · cites it 4× “In addition, the defendant contended that his conviction must be set aside because of noncompliance with K.S.A. 22-3426. At this hearing, defendant presented no evidence in support of his motion.”

State v. Hankins, 880 P.2d 271 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “We do caution, however, that the journal entry of the remanded sentencing hearing should contain the information required by K.S.A. 22-3426. III. Did the district court err in permitting the State orally to amend the criminal history as set out in the presentence investigation…”

State v. Royse, 845 P.2d 44 (Kan. 1993). “The State asserts 21-4608 directs the Secretary of Corrections to apply the less stringent penalty of concurrent sentences if the record does not specify that sentences are to be served consecutively. It argues because no journal entry had been filed at the time the judge…”

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— K.S.A. § 22-3426(a) — 11 cases

State v. Armstrong, 731 P.2d 249 (Kan. 1987). “The defendant also argues his conviction must be reversed and a new trial granted for failure to satisfy K.S.A. 22-3426(a), which requires a journal entry of judgment to include “a statement that the defendant was duly represented by counsel naming such counsel, or a statement…”

State v. Jones, 35 P.3d 887 (Kan. 2001). “to set aside the sentencing and have a new sentencing.” On appeal, Jones contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to correct an illegal sentence because (1) the journal entry of sentencing did not comply with K.”

State v. Lawson, 297 P.3d 1164 (Kan. 2013). “About the same time, however, the legislature passed K.S.A. 22-3426 dealing with the record of criminal judgment and the form and content of the journal entiy.”

— K.S.A. § 22-3426(d) — 2 cases

State v. Hankins, 880 P.2d 271 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994). “We do caution, however, that the journal entry of the remanded sentencing hearing should contain the information required by K.S.A. 22-3426. III. Did the district court err in permitting the State orally to amend the criminal history as set out in the presentence investigation…”

State v. Greever, 878 P.2d 838 (Kan. Ct. App. 1994).

— K.S.A. § 22-3426(e) — 1 case

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