A Kansas rental agreement is a legal contract between a landlord overseeing a rental property and a tenant using the property. Kansas landlord-tenant law governs and regulates these agreements.
Kansas Rental Agreement Types
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Common Rental Agreements in Kansas
- Kansas Association of REALTORS® Agricultural Farm Building Lease Agreement -This template is for members of the Kansas Association of REALTORS®. It aims at leasing agricultural farm buildings or livestock facilities. This means it has specific related provisions, such as cash rent payments and ensuring clean water supply for livestock.
Kansas Required Residential Lease Disclosures
- Landlord’s Name and Address (required for all leases) – Kansas landlords must give the tenant their name and address, or that of their authorized agent. This allows required communication (for example, about repairs) to happen in a smooth way.
- Move-In Checklist (required for all leases) – Kansas landlords must provide a move-in checklist to new tenants within 5 days of move-in. This is for an inventory of existing property damage, to ensure accurate deductions from the security deposit later.
- Lead-Based Paint Disclosure (required for some leases) – Landlords must provide an EPA-approved disclosure and informational pamphlet to tenants renting any property built before 1978.
To learn more about required disclosures in Kansas, click here.
Kansas Landlord Tenant Laws
- Warranty of Habitability – Kansas landlords can only rent out habitable property. This means providing certain basic health and safety features like heat, plumbing, and electricity. Landlords must repair any issues within 14 days after proper notice from the tenant. Failure to repair lets a tenant sue the landlord or end the lease. Tenants usually can’t repair and deduct, or withhold rent.
- Evictions – Kansas landlords may evict for rent nonpayment, lease violations, or illegal acts, among other things. Before filing eviction, landlords must serve tenants with prior notice to pay, comply or quit, depending on the eviction type. This means most evictions in Kansas take between a few days to a little over a month.
- Security Deposits – Kansas caps security deposits at a maximum of one month’s rent for unfurnished properties with an extra half month’s rent allowed for furnished properties. When a lease ends, the landlord has 30 days to return any unused portion of a tenant’s security deposit, or 14 days after making deductions from the deposit (whichever is earlier).
- Lease Termination – Kansas lets tenants end a month-to-month with 30 days of advance notice. Terminating a fixed-term lease early usually requires active military duty, landlord harassment, uninhabitable property, or domestic abuse.
- Rent Increases and Fees – Kansas landlords can raise rent by any amount, at will. There is no cap on fees, except returned check fees, which are limited to $30 per check.
- Landlord Entry – Kansas landlords may enter rental property for reasonable business purposes like maintenance, inspections, and property showings. Before entering, they must provide reasonable advance notice (at least 24 hours by custom), except in emergency situations.
- Settling Legal Disputes – Kansas lets small claims courts hear landlord-tenant disputes, as long as the amount in controversy is under $4,000. Evictions can’t be filed in small claims. The statute of limitations in Kansas is five years for written contracts, three years for oral contracts.
To learn more about landlord tenant laws in Kansas, click here.
