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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.590 (2026)

Judgment to be entered by clerk

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  546.590.  Judgment to be entered by clerk. — Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which such conviction shall have been had, and the court shall inspect such entries and conform them to the facts; but the omission of this duty, either by the clerk or judge, shall in nowise affect or impair the validity of the judgment.

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(RSMo 1939 § 4104)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 3715; 1919 § 4059; 1909 § 5265

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1952–2023 · leading case: State v. Skaggs, 248 S.W.2d 635 (Mo. 1952).
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State v. Skaggs, 248 S.W.2d 635 (Mo. 1952). · cites it 3× “Section 546.590, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. Thus, as in this case, where it appears from a minute entry that defendant was sentenced but there is no record of a judgment entry, proper disposition is to set aside submission of the case here and remand it with directions to the trial…”
State v. Harrison, 276 S.W.2d 222 (Mo. 1955). · cites it 3× “Section 546.590, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.; Supreme Court Rule 27.”
State v. Testerman, 408 S.W.2d 90 (Mo. 1966). · cites it 2× “2d 420 , 421 [2, 3], The judgment is required to state “briefly the offense for which [the] conviction shall have been had * * § 546.590, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. Here the description of the offense is not sufficient to describe an offense under § 559.”
State of Missouri v. Jarrad Ryan Vandergrift, No. WD84462 (Mo. Ct. App. Dec. 13, 2022). · cites it 50× “07(b); that when a criminal defendant has been convicted, a notice of appeal must be filed within ten days of the oral rendition of judgment and imposition of sentence; that section 546.590 requires the clerk to enter a written judgment of conviction in the record that comports…”
State v. Jaeger, 394 S.W.2d 347 (Mo. 1965). “” This entry of final judgment (RSMo 1959, § 546.590, V.A. M.S.) recites that orders “heretofore entered on March 20, 1964 and July 24, 1964, be and are hereby set aside” and in accordance with the jury verdict of guilty of robbery by means of a deadly weapon, the motion for new…”
Bowers v. State, 330 S.W.3d 832 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “This, of course, is consistent with our obligation under section 546.590, which states: Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which such…”
State v. King, 275 S.W.2d 310 (Mo. 1955). ““Whenever a judgment upon a conviction shall be rendered in any court, the clerk of such court shall enter such judgment and sentence thereon fully on the minutes, stating briefly the offense for which such conviction shall have been had * *.”
Testerman v. Swenson, 331 F. Supp. 1195 (W.D. Mo. 1971). · cites it 2× “The judgment is required to state ‘briefly the offense for which [the] conviction shall have been had * * § 546.590, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. Here the description of the offense is not sufficient to describe an offense under § 559.”
State of Missouri v. Jarrad Ryan Vandergrift, 669 S.W.3d 282 (Mo. 2023). · cites it 3× “See also § 546.590 (providing the clerk "shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes"); see Entry of Judgment, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed.”
State of Missouri v. Lindsay Michelle Forbes, 708 S.W.3d 468 (Mo. 2023). “See also § 546.590 (providing the clerk "shall enter such judgment fully on the minutes"); see Entry of Judgment, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed.”
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