Printable Format60-906. Form and scope of order. Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance; shall be specific in terms; shall describe in reasonable detail, and not by reference to the petition or other document, the act or acts sought to be restrained; and shall be binding only upon the parties to the action, their officers, agents, servants, employees, and attorneys, and upon those persons in concert or participation with them who receive actual notice of the order by personal service or otherwise. The order may be issued and served on Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the office of the clerk of the court is not accessible.
History: L. 1963, ch. 303, 60-906; L. 1990, ch. 202, § 31; L. 1994, ch. 273, § 13; L. 2010, ch. 11, § 16; April 1.
Source or prior law:
L. 1913, ch. 233, § 3; R.S. 1923, 60-1106.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Enforcing orders for and against a nonparty, see 60-264.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Service of Process by Certified Mail," Robert C. Casad, 59 J.K.B.A. No. 10, 25, 26 (1990).
Attorney General's Opinions:
Handicapped accessibility; mandatory injunctive relief for violations of standards; civil penalty for injunction violations. 91-7.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
Prior law cases, see G.S. 1949, 60-1106.
1. Order must set forth reasons for its issuance. Ostler v. Nickel, 196 Kan. 477, 479, 413 P.2d 303.
2. Reading original and supplemental orders of injunction together, defendant fully advised of prohibited acts. Koch Engineering Co. v. Faulconer, 227 Kan. 813, 830, 831, 610 P.2d 1094.
3. Issues of restraining order and temporary injunction moot on appeal of injunction issued thereafter. U.S.D. No. 503 v. McKinney, 236 Kan. 224, 229, 230, 689 P.2d 860 (1984).