Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.130 (2026)

Certified records of courts to be evidence

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490.130. Certified records of courts to be evidence. — The records of judicial proceedings of any court of the United States, or of any state, attested by the clerk thereof, with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, and certified by the judge, chief justice or presiding associate circuit judge of the court to be attested in due form, shall have such faith and credit given to them in this state as they would have at the place whence the said records come. Copies from the record of proceedings of any court of this state, attested by the clerk thereof, with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, or if there be no seal, with the private seal of the clerk, shall be received as evidence of the acts or proceedings of such court in any court of this state. Records of proceedings of any court of this state contained within any statewide court automated record-keeping system established by the supreme court shall be received as evidence of the acts or proceedings in any court of this state without further certification of the clerk, provided that the location from which such records are obtained is disclosed to the opposing party.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1864, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1700; 1919 § 5387; 1909 § 6331

(1953) Certified copy of order of county court adjudging person to be insane and proper person to be sent to state hospital which was made while county court had jurisdiction thereof, held admissible in evidence in robbery prosecution of such person as tending to show his mental condition. State v. St. Clair (Mo.), 262 S.W.2d 25.

(1954) Where administrator of estate in Colorado removed to this state without accounting for or settling the estate, a judgment of the Colorado Court against the administrator for the amount found due from him plus interest, after service on such administrator by registered mail and service in Missouri by sheriff, held valid and allowable against the estate of such administrator after his death, in a probate court in this state. Shearer v. Parker, 364 Mo. 723, 267 S.W.2d 18.

(1963) Photostatic copy of document purporting to be record of conviction and sentence of defendant in Kentucky having name of judge typed thereon and certificate of clerk of court with writing indicating that the certificate was prepared by a third person was inadmissible under this section as evidence of prior conviction under habitual criminal statute. State v. Young (Mo.), 366 S.W.2d 386.

(1967) Failure of judge of federal district court to certify that copy of judgment and commitment attested by clerk in due form was not ground for refusing to admit record when court's ruling included finding that attestation was in due form. State v. Wolfskill (Mo.), 421 S.W.2d 193.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 85 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Forrest v. State, 290 S.W.3d 704 (Mo. 2009).

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Forrest v. State, 290 S.W.3d 704 (Mo. 2009). · cites it 10× “Forrest alleges that exhibit 60, a certified record from the California Department of Justice of Forrest’s arrests and applicable dispositions, was hearsay and included charges that did not result in a conviction and that exhibit 61, a certified record of a prior conviction in…”

State v. Dismang, 151 S.W.3d 155 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 12× “” Defendant contends that admitting the exhibit was error because it was not properly authenticated or attested to in accordance with section 490.130, and, thus, not entitled to full faith and credit by the trial court, nor admissible as evidence.”

B.K. v. Mo. State High. Patrol, 561 S.W.3d 876 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 13× “It says those records are admissible pursuant to section 490.130, RSMo. The State claims the FCC records are records of a proceeding of a court of Missouri contained within a statewide automated record-keeping system established by the Supreme Court of Missouri.”

State of Missouri v. Timothy Libertus, 496 S.W.3d 623 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 10× “Libertus claims that Exhibit 42 did not comply with section 490.130, which governs the admissibility of out-of-state court records and provides: The records of judicial proceedings of any court .”

State v. Simino, 397 S.W.3d 11 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 15× “” The Supreme Court of Missouri found the trial court erred in refusing to admit the exhibit because the exhibit showed proper certification by the court clerk, with the seal of the court affixed, and by the “express provisions of Section 490.130 RSMo 1949 ... [the exhibit was]…”

Esparza v. State, 518 S.W.3d 269 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 10× “In particular, Esparza asserts that the State failed to meet its burden to prove that he had been previously convicted of driving while intoxicated six times in Georgia because the State failed to comply with the statutory requirements set forth in section 490.130 1 for…”

State v. Medley, 588 S.W.2d 55 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 10× “Defendant argues that the deputy clerk’s testimony was incompetent evidence *58 because the original record of the circuit court contained neither the signature of a judge, nor seal of a court in violation of § 490.130 RSMo.1969. 1 It should first be pointed out that defendant…”

In the Interest of: A.C.G. Juv. Officer & Dep't of Soc. Servs., Child.'s Div. v. A.G. (Nat. Mother), 499 S.W.3d 340 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 4× “130 provides in pertinent part: Records of proceedings of any court of this state contained within any statewide court automated record-keeping system established by the supreme court shall be received as evidence of the acts or proceedings in any court of this state without…”

State v. Brown, 97 S.W.3d 97 (Mo. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 6× “Section 490.130, RSMo 2000, provides, in pertinent part: The records of judicial proceedings of any court of the United States, or of any state, attested by the clerk thereof, with the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, and certified by the judge, chief justice or…”

State v. Brink, 218 S.W.3d 440 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 7× “Brink next complains that the circuit court erred in finding that he was a persistent offender because the document that the state used to show that Brink had been convicted in Claycomo’s municipal court “lacked the seal of the court and the private seal of the clerk in…”

State v. Tisius, 362 S.W.3d 398 (Mo. 2012). · cites it 2× “” The circuit court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the certified record of a prior judicial proceeding as an exception to the hearsay rule.”

State v. Martinez, 407 S.W.3d 669 (Mo. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 7× “Appellant claims that the exhibits did not comply with section 490.130, RSMo Cum.Supp. 2001, because they were not certified by the judge, chief justice, or presiding associate circuit judge of the issuing court.”

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