Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 60-906 (2026)

Form and scope of order

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60-906. 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.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1980–2016 · leading case: Gannon v. State, 368 P.3d 1024 (Kan. 2016).
Gannon v. State, 368 P.3d 1024 (Kan. 2016). · cites it 2× “" Injunctions are governed by K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 60-906, which provides in pertinent part: "Every order granting an injunction .”
Bd. of Lincoln Cnty. Comm'rs v. Nielander, 62 P.3d 247 (Kan. 2003). · cites it 2× “K.S.A. 60-906 mandates that “[ejvery order granting an injunction .”
Koch Eng'g Co. v. Faulconer, 610 P.2d 1094 (Kan. 1980). · cites it 2× “On the basis of this statute appellant questions the sufficiency of the court’s order because it refers, to “thousands of pages of exhibits.”
Wing v. The City of Edwardsville, 341 P.3d 607 (Kan. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “The District Court Complied with the Specificity Requirements for Injunctions Set Out in K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 60-906. The City also makes two arguments that the district court did not comply with specific provisions of the Kansas injunction statutes.”
Unified Sch. Dist. No. 503 v. McKinney, 689 P.2d 860 (Kan. 1984). “They also claim it violated provisions of K.S.A. 60-906 in that the restraining order did not set forth the reasons for its issuance.”
Steele v. City of Wichita, 826 P.2d 1380 (Kan. 1992). “60-903 (restraining order without notice), K.S.A. 1991 Supp. 60-906 (injunction order, restraining order), and K.”
Sampel v. Balbernie, 889 P.2d 804 (Kan. Ct. App. 1995). “*529 At the hearing on the injunction, the district court ruled that Sampel was not entitled to relief under K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 60-906 because it did not apply to domestic disputes.”
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