Wyandotte County, KS Business Licensing & Operations: Adult Entertainment (2026)

Sec. 19-377 of the Unified Government Code makes it unlawful to operate an adult business anywhere in the county, including areas outside the city, without a license issued by the board of commissioners. The license is not a one-time approval: it expires every December 31 and must be renewed for the following calendar year, and it covers exactly one adult business at one fixed address, so an operator running two locations needs two separate applications and two licenses under Sec. 19-378. No license or any interest in it can be assigned, sold, or transferred, and Sec.

19-377(d) makes a change of ownership or control an automatic, immediate revocation rather than something the operator can wait out. Sec. 00, nonrefundable, for each entertainer, employee, masseur, or masseuse permit required under Sec. 19-380 before that person may work on the premises. Sec. , and requires that all public areas stay open to inspection by law enforcement, the county administrator, or a designee during business hours; refusing immediate access is itself grounds for suspension or revocation. Sec. 19-379 disqualifies an individual applicant who was convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to a specified criminal act within the last five years for a felony or two years for a misdemeanor, or who was subject to a license revocation within the prior two years. All existing adult businesses located outside the city limits at the time the article passed had until December 31, 2005 to apply.