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Tex. R. Civ. P. 687

Requisites of Writ

activein force · 2026-07-01 – presentact-effective-date

The writ of injunction shall be sufficient if it contains substantially the following requisites:

(a) Its style shall be, “The State of Texas.”

(b) It shall be directed to the person or persons enjoined.

(c) It must state the names of the parties to the proceedings, plaintiff and defendant,

and the nature of the plaintiff's application, with the action of the judge thereon.

(d) It must command the person or persons to whom it is directed to desist and refrain

from the commission or continuance of the act enjoined, or to obey and execute

such order as the judge has seen proper to make.

(e) If it is a temporary restraining order, it shall state the day and time set for hearing,

which shall not exceed fourteen days from the date of the court's order granting

such temporary restraining order; but if it is a temporary injunction, issued after

notice, it shall be made returnable at or before ten o'clock a.m. of the Monday next

after the expiration of twenty days from the date of service thereof, as in the case

of ordinary citations.

(f) It shall be dated and signed by the clerk officially and attested with the seal of his

office and the date of its issuance must be indorsed thereon.

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2026-09-15
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2026-09-14
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