Kansas Landlord-Tenant Laws
Local rent regulation in Kansas
Kansas law bars cities, counties, and other political subdivisions from controlling rents on privately owned residential or commercial property, with exceptions for government-owned property and voluntary incentive agreements.
Cited to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-16,120 · Verified August 12, 2026 · Full Kansas rent-increase rules →
Kansas Security deposits
Kansas caps security deposits at one month's rent for an unfurnished rental, 1½ months' rent if the unit comes furnished, plus up to an extra half month's rent as a pet deposit when the lease allows pets.
Kansas Rent increase notice
Kansas has no statute requiring advance notice of a rent increase — the 30-day figure quoted for month-to-month tenancies is derived from K.S.A. 58-2570(b), which lets either party end a month-to-month tenancy by written notice effective on a rent-paying date at least 30 days after the other side receives it, so a landlord proposing higher rent is effectively offering new terms the tenant can decline by leaving.
Kansas Late fees
Kansas sets no cap on residential late fees and mandates no grace period — the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act never mentions late fees, and rent is payable without demand or notice at the time the lease fixes (K.S.A. 58-2545(c)), so a lease-based fee can start accruing the day after rent is due.
Kansas Entry notice
Kansas requires only 'reasonable notice' before a landlord enters a rental — no statute fixes a number of hours, and entry must happen at reasonable hours of the day (K.S.A. 58-2557).
Kansas Eviction process
To evict a residential tenant in Kansas the landlord serves a written notice - 3 days for unpaid rent, or for a curable lease violation a notice giving 14 days to fix the breach and setting termination at least 30 days out - and then files an eviction lawsuit in district court under K.S.A. 61-3801 et seq., where the tenant is summoned to appear 3 to 14 days after the summons is issued.
Kansas Application fees
Kansas does not cap or otherwise regulate rental application or tenant-screening fees, and no state law requires a receipt, a refund, or any disclosure before an applicant hands over the money.
Kansas mobile home park laws
Kansas has a dedicated statute for lot tenancies, the Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, K.S.A. 58-25,100 through 58-25,126, which applies to any park where two or more occupied mobile homes are harbored and covers the resident who owns the home and rents the space beneath it.
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Kansas Fair Market Rents (FY 2026) — HUD's benchmark rents for every Kansas metro area and county.
How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes site (ksrevisor.gov), each section carrying a figure on this page read twice independently, with all figures reconciled verbatim: 58-2550 (1-month/1.5-month/half-month pet caps, 14-day and 30-day return clocks, 1.5x penalty), 58-2548 (5-day joint inventory), 58-2557 (reasonable notice/reasonable hours entry), 58-2570 (7-day/30-day/15-day termination notices), 58-2565(b) (30-day absence entry, 10-day abandonment presumption), 58-2564(b) (3-day nonpayment cure), 58-2563 (1.5 months' rent ouster remedy), and 12-16,120 (express local rent-control preemption). Negative checks run against the full Residential Landlord and Tenant Act: all 34 sections (58-2540 through 58-2573) downloaded and searched — no late-fee, grace-period, deposit-interest, escrow/separate-account, or rent-increase-notice provision exists. Pending-bill check 2026-07-11 on kslegislature.gov: 2025-26 biennium adjourned sine die 2026-04-11; HB 2666 (late-fee restrictions), SB 482 (condemned-unit deposit return), and HB 2768 (split rent payments) all died in committee; enacted Sub HB 2357 (eviction expungement) and SB 391 (voucher-mandate preemption) do not affect these four topics. Sight-confirmed 2026-07-12 on each bill's official history page (kslegislature.org/li/b2025_26/measures/): all three show 'Died in Committee' 2026-04-10 as the final entry.