1. 1. If the verdict of the jury or the finding of the judge is for the complainant, the judge shall record the verdict or finding, and the judgment shall be that the complainant have restitution of the premises found to have been forcibly or unlawfully detained, and recover from the defendant the sum of ______ dollars, double the sum assessed by the jury, or found for his damages; and also at the rate of ______ dollars, double the sum found per month, for rents and profits, from the ______ day of ______, 20______, the day of judgment, until restitution be made, together with costs.
2. 2. The court, upon issuing judgment in favor of the plaintiff pursuant to subsection 1 of this section, shall, within two business days following the date the judgment becomes final, transmit a copy of such judgment to the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to enforce such judgment.

(RSMo 1939 § 2850, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1997 H.B. 361)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 2464; 1919 § 3012; 1909 § 7674

(1972) Where addendum to lease provided that failure to pay rental installments on or before date due would result in immediate termination of right to possession, that no notice of any kind would be required, and that time was of the essence, court ruled on appeal from unlawful detainer action that appellant landlord would be held to scrupulous observance of every common law requirement unless waived by agreement and found that landlord's conduct in accepting ten consecutive monthly rent payments late raised submissible fact issue as to waiver of strict compliance by tenant. Fritts v. Cloud Oak Flooring Company (A.), 478 S.W.2d 8.

(1974) Exact amount due must be remanded on day it becomes due to authorize recovery under this section. New Brentwood Realty v. Strad, Inc. (A.), 509 S.W.2d 214.