Kansas City Property Maintenance Code in Chapter 56 places pest control duties on landlords for shared infestations, with the Healthy Homes inspection program tracking complaints across rental properties citywide.
Kansas City Code Chapter 56 incorporates the International Property Maintenance Code, requiring property owners to keep buildings free of rodents, cockroaches, and bed bugs. In multifamily buildings, the landlord is responsible for treatment when infestations span multiple units or originate from common areas; tenants are responsible only when their own behavior caused a single-unit problem. Bed bug treatment specifically must use a licensed Missouri pest control operator. The Healthy Homes Rental Inspection program inspects flagged units. Repeat or unaddressed infestations can lead to vacate orders under Chapter 56.
Failure to address infestations after written notice is a property-maintenance violation, with daily fines and potential receivership in extreme cases of neglect.
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