Lenexa, KS

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can rent out a home for stays under 30 days without first holding a rental license from the City. The license must be in hand before anyone…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a licensed short term rental cannot be rented or offered for use as reception, party or meeting space, or for similar events open to non-owner guests…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, short term rental guests must follow every parking restriction in Chapter 3-8, and an owner whose rental has off-street parking must require occupants to…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every short-term rental needs a City rental license approved before anyone occupies it, and the license standards require the dwelling to comply with…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, it is unlawful to own more than two dogs and/or two cats at the same address without a special pet permit. Animal Control reviews each application…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, veterinary hospitals in the NP-O, CP-O, CP-1, CP-2, CC and PMU districts are limited to small domestic animals such as dogs and cats. Outdoor runs are…

It is unlawful to own or maintain any exotic, wild or hybrid animal in the City of Lenexa, Kansas, and the code states outright that nothing in the Article permits keeping one as a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, it is unlawful to permit any dog or other animal to be at large. A dog found off its owner's property is at large unless it is merely passing along or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every cat over six months old must carry a City license under Lenexa City Code § 3-2-B-1. Owners also need proof of rabies vaccination, and keeping more…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas, bans buying, selling or offering for sale any bird, mammal, amphibian or reptile, or its dead body or parts, that is listed as threatened or endangered…

In Lenexa, Kansas, owning livestock or poultry is unlawful except under Article 3-2-H. Table A caps birds and animals by zoning and lot size, sets zero for every district other than…

Lenexa, Kansas, declares dogs dangerous by conduct, not by breed. Under § 3-2-D-8 the City Attorney petitions the Municipal Court, which decides on a preponderance of the evidence, and…

Lenexa, Kansas, has no citywide spay or neuter mandate for ordinary pets. The one requirement is § 3-2-D-8-C-7: every dog declared dangerous by the Municipal Court must be spayed or…

In Lenexa, Kansas, keeping bees takes an annual City permit under Article 3-2-E. Hives must be Langstroth type and no taller than five feet, set 50 feet from adjoining developed…

JCPRD prohibits feeding, or causing to be fed, any animal inside a Johnson County park facility unless JCPRD itself authorizes it for wildlife management, education or another lawful…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, sound plainly audible across a property boundary in a residential area, or 50 feet or more away at a multiple-family dwelling, between 7:00 P.M. and 7:00…

Lenexa, Kansas, treats excessive barking as an animal nuisance: noise so loud, continuous or untimely that it causes unreasonable annoyance, disturbance or discomfort to any person…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, sound measured off the source property may not exceed 70 dB(A) by day and 55 dB(A) at night in residential areas. Commercial areas are capped at 65 and…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, construction, excavation, demolition and repair sound that is plainly audible across a residential property line between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a moving or parked vehicle cannot run a stereo or other sound device that is plainly audible at least fifty feet from the source. The rule applies…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, operating a power tool, garden tool, lawnmower, snow blower or similar equipment in a residential area so the sound is plainly audible across a property…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, playing any radio, stereo, speaker, instrument or other sound device so it is plainly audible across a property line between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, anyone producing compost material must keep it in sufficient, adequate containers maintained in good repair, with the storage area clean, neat, sanitary…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, growth on a developed residential lot counts as excessive once it passes eight inches, while the limit is twelve inches anywhere else in the city. The…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, the property owner is responsible for removing trees and shrubs on private land, and the City can order removal of a hazardous or diseased tree after a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, branches over a sidewalk must clear eight feet and branches over a street, alley or public right-of-way must clear thirteen feet. The adjacent or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, vegetation over 8 inches on developed residential lots or 12 inches elsewhere is excessive growth, but a property is exempt if it is an undevelopable…

Kansas permits rainwater harvesting on private property without state-level restrictions. The Kansas Water Appropriation Act exempts captured rainwater from water-right permitting when…

The Kansas Water Appropriation Act (K.S.A. 82a-701 et seq.) gives the Chief Engineer of the Division of Water Resources authority over water use during droughts. The Governor may…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas bans selling, giving away, possessing and discharging fireworks anywhere inside city limits. The only opening is a public display approved by the Fire Chief…

No one can cause or allow open burning in the City of Lenexa unless Article 3-5-D permits it and the burn complies. Permits come from the Lenexa Fire Chief or designee in the Chief's…

In the City of Lenexa a recreational fire or portable outdoor fireplace must sit in a fire pit or behind a metal, stone or concrete barrier, stay under 2 feet high and 3 feet across…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every one- and two-family dwelling and townhouse licensed as a rental under Chapter 2-16 must carry smoke alarms to the standard the adopted 2018…

Kansas bans open burning statewide but exempts range, pasture and prairie management fires under K.A.R. 28-19-648, provided the burner notifies the local fire control authority…

Section 3-8-B-2 makes it unlawful to park a vehicle or any portion of one on grass, a vegetated area or a yard area in the City of Lenexa unless the City authorizes it. Stored RVs…

In residential zoning districts in the City of Lenexa, Kansas, RVs, boats and trailers (called Devices) must stay in a fully enclosed structure unless the Code permits otherwise…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 3-8-B-2 bars parking on a sidewalk or designated bicycle path, within 5 feet of a street side mailbox from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except Sundays…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no vehicle can sit on a public street or public property continuously for more than 48 hours unless otherwise posted, and moving it a short distance does…

Section 3-8-B-5 makes it unlawful in the City of Lenexa, Kansas to park, store or deposit an inoperable vehicle on any lot or land unless it is enclosed in a garage or other building…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a Commercial Vehicle cannot be parked on a public street, alley, right-of-way, private street or private property in a Residential Zoning District for…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, off-street loading spaces must measure at least 12 feet by 55 feet with 15 feet of vertical clearance, be used for loading only, and sit at least 20 feet…

Kansas sets no statewide cap on hookup, mileage or storage charges and creates no drop fee for an owner who returns before the truck leaves. K.S.A. 8-1103 instead gives the towing…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a fence on residential property can reach 6 feet and a fence on non-residential property 10 feet, measured from adjacent grade to the top of the posts or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, residential fences can be wood, aluminum, steel, wrought iron, PVC, chain-link without slats, masonry, stone or concrete. Barbed wire is limited to…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, all new and replacement fences, walls and retaining walls need a permit before construction, backed by a scaled plot plan showing property lines…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a retaining wall holding more than 48 inches of unbalanced fill must be designed by a Kansas-licensed engineer with a safety factor of 1.5. Walls under 4…

Unincorporated Johnson County has no fence height or setback code in this Code of Resolutions; disputes over a shared boundary fence go instead through a formal 'fence viewer' process…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a residential accessory building such as a shed cannot exceed 25 feet in height. In the R-1, RP-1 and RP-2 districts, a shed of 200 square feet or less…

Kansas has no statewide minimum-house-size law banning tiny homes, but the Kansas Manufactured Housing Act classifies every factory-built dwelling: a manufactured home erected on site…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a home occupation is an accessory use limited to 1 non-family employee, 25 percent of the dwelling's floor area including garage and basement, visits…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a home occupation cannot generate more than 6 round-trip vehicular trips per day, and business-related visits are allowed only between 6:00 A.M. and 9:00…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a home occupation gets one non-illuminated facade sign of no more than 1 square foot, mounted on or adjacent to an entrance to the building. The sign…

Operating a preschool or day care center from a house or its accessory building in unincorporated Johnson County requires a conditional use permit under the county's planning fee…

Kansas has no cottage food permit and no annual sales ceiling. K.S.A. 65-689(d)(4) simply exempts a person who produces food for distribution directly to the end consumer from the food…

Kansas never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit. Cooking meals to order and selling them from a home kitchen is conducting a food establishment, which K.S.A. 65-689(a) makes…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas requires every outdoor swimming pool, hot tub and spa to be enclosed by a fence or wall at least 4 feet high with a self-latching gate. The barrier cannot…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas a swimming pool needs a building permit from the Building Official unless it is a prefabricated, fully above-ground pool with a sidewall of 30 inches or…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas requires one rental license for each rooming unit, single-family dwelling, duplex unit, triplex, quadplex and multi-family complex. Licenses expire every…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every owner who rents a dwelling unit must provide heat capable of holding 68ºF in habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms from October 1 to April…

Under K.S.A. 58-2564, a Kansas landlord must give a 3-day written notice for nonpayment of rent before terminating. For other material lease violations, the tenant gets a 30-day…

Kansas does not require just cause for eviction. The Kansas Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (K.S.A. 58-2540 et seq.) governs statewide eviction procedures, allowing no-cause…

Under K.S.A. 58-2557, a Kansas landlord may enter a rented dwelling only at reasonable hours and after reasonable notice to the tenant, except in emergencies. The statute sets no fixed…

Under K.S.A. 58-2570, either party may end a month-to-month tenancy with at least 30 days' written notice effective on a rent-paying date, or a week-to-week tenancy with 7 days'…

Kansas prohibits rent control. Under K.S.A. 12-16,120, no county, city, township, or other political subdivision may enact or enforce any ordinance that controls the amount of rent…

Kansas law (K.S.A. 58-2550) caps a residential security deposit at one month's rent for an unfurnished unit and 1.5 months' rent if furnished, plus up to half a month's rent as a pet…

Under K.S.A. 60-503, a squatter can claim title to real property only after 15 years of open, exclusive and continuous possession, held either under a knowingly adverse claim or a…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas can inspect the exterior of any licensed rental at reasonable hours, with or without notice. Interior inspections are allowed when a tenant asks, when three…

A tenant in the City of Lenexa, Kansas must first ask the owner or manager in writing to fix code violations, then give the City a dated copy of that notice before requesting an…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, anyone who tows a vehicle from private property at a third party's request and without the owner's consent must first notify the Lenexa Police…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can operate as a pawnbroker or precious metals dealer without a City license under Section 2-7-A-1. No license is granted within 1 mile of another…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can operate a massage establishment without a City license under Section 2-3-A-1. Each place of business needs its own nontransferable…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, an adult business establishment can locate only in the BP-2 Planned Manufacturing District, 2,000 feet from residential property, schools, parks…

Kansas regulates the retail sale of electronic cigarettes and vapor products with a minimum purchase age of 21 and licensing requirements.

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, dumping, throwing, placing or leaving refuse, or any object or substance that tends to pollute, mar or deface, on a public street, park, waterway or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, licensed haulers must collect residential solid waste at least once every calendar week and residential recyclables at least once every two calendar…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every hauler licensed for residential trash service must provide curbside recycling inside its basic service charge, with no cap on volume, and must…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, the hauler must supply each residential customer a lidded recycling container at least as large as the trash container. The owner or occupant must…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, trash, recycling and yard waste containers cannot sit in front of the building setback line or existing building line in a residential area. They can go…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, commercial trash and recycling containers must sit on private property unless the City grants written permission to use public property. Storage sites…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every hauler licensed for residential trash service must offer each residential customer bulky waste collection at least one time per year. The date is…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, licensed haulers must provide curbside yard waste collection as part of base service: weekly from March through November, monthly from December through…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, licensed refuse haulers must collect residential solid waste at least once each calendar week and recyclables at least once every two weeks, with weekly…

All parks owned and operated by the City of Lenexa, Kansas are closed to the public from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 A.M., and Section 3-9-E-9 makes it unlawful to remain in a closed park…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, loitering under Section 3-9-E-10 means loafing, wandering, standing or remaining idle in a public place in a way that obstructs a street, sidewalk or…

Section 3-9-E-16 of the Lenexa City Code bans urinating or defecating on any street, sidewalk, alley, plaza, park, public building, public property, private parking lot or any place…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 3-9-G-2 makes it unlawful to drink alcoholic liquor or possess an open container on any public property, including parks, parking lots, sidewalks…

The City of Lenexa bans smoking, which the code defines to include vapor products, at City-owned outdoor courts, amphitheaters, park shelters, playgrounds, swimming pool facilities…

Section 3-8-B-8 makes it unlawful in the City of Lenexa, Kansas to ride a skateboard, scooter, roller skates or bicycle on sidewalks, public parking lots or garages, and other…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 3-9-E-3 makes it unlawful to take part in or be present at a party whose sound disturbs a reasonable neighbor in a residential area. Police can…

Lenexa's property maintenance enforcement process runs on fixed clocks: ten days to request a hearing on a Notice of Violation, an abatement period of no more than ten days under an…

Section 3-5-C-1 of the Lenexa City Code declares five kinds of health nuisance: foul odors, foul water, refuse and rubbish, Environmental Code violations, and unfit structures. They…

A vacant lot in the City of Lenexa, Kansas carries the same weed duty as a lot with a house. The owner must keep Excessive Growth of Vegetation and Noxious Weeds off the parcel and off…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a structure is unsafe when it is dangerous to life, health, property or public safety, and a vacant structure not secured against entry can be deemed…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a farm in the AG Agricultural District that filed an affidavit and predates neighboring development is allowed to keep operating without adding screening…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, the AG Agricultural District requires 20 acre lots, allows one dwelling per 20 acres and protects a pre-existing agricultural use from forced screening…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, projects in the CC Planned City Center District must adhere to the Lenexa City Center Neighborhood Design Standards and Guidelines, adopted by reference…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, noise generated by a bar, nightclub, or its patrons can never exceed 55 dB(A) at any point along or adjacent to a residential property line. The limit…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas defines a plainly audible sound as one capable of being heard, and the definition adds that such a sound may consist of bass alone. Thumping bass that…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, noise from loading or unloading any vehicle, opening bales, boxes or crates, or handling trash, recyclables or solid waste in a residential area is a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, sound from emergency generators used when grid electricity is unavailable is exempt from the noise code. Other generators are not listed in the…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every limited, general, or commercial daycare needs a State license, permits from the Department of Community Development, and a City business license. A…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas adopts the 2017 National Electrical Code, excluding Article 80, in Section 4-8-I-1. Electrical permits run through Sections 101 through 116 of the…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses licensed as rentals under Chapter 2-16 must be equipped with carbon monoxide alarms as the Code requires for…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas adopts the 2018 International Plumbing Code by reference in Section 4-8-F-1 and sends all plumbing permit administration to Chapter 1 of the International…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 4-8-A-4 requires any owner or agent who builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, demolishes or changes the occupancy of a structure to first…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, permitted work must pass required inspections, and under Section 4-8-A-7 no new building can be occupied until the Building Official issues a certificate…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 4-8-A-19 adds physical security rules for dwelling units. Exterior doors need a single cylinder deadbolt with a one inch projection that…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, it is unlawful to operate any elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator or moving walk without a current certificate of inspection from a Qualified Elevator…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 4-8-C-9 requires an approved automatic fire sprinkler system in new townhouses consisting of three or more connected dwellings. Additions and…

At one- and two-family dwellings in the City of Lenexa, using a grill or outdoor cooking appliance needs no open burning permit if it follows the manufacturer's instructions, burns no…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, charcoal burners and other open-flame cooking devices cannot be stored or operated on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible…

Every building and structure in the City of Lenexa must be rat-stopped, freed of rats and kept rat-stopped and rat-free. It is unlawful for an occupant, owner, contractor, utility or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 1-9-D-1 levies a transient guest tax at a rate not to exceed ten percent on gross rental receipts from lodging in any hotel or motel. The City…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a business that fits several license tax classifications pays the highest one under Section 2-1-A-4. The annual occupational tax amounts sit in the…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas bans electric-assisted scooters from any street posted above 25 miles per hour, from state and federal highways, and from public parks, and caps their speed…

JCPRD treats pedal-assisted electric bicycles as ordinary bicycles under Kansas law and exempts them from the district's ban on motorized conveyances, so e-bikes may use any paved…

Kansas lets golf carts on public roads by default outside city limits, then caps that permission hard. K.S.A. 8-15,108 makes it unlawful to operate a golf cart on any interstate…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 3-10-A-2 bars soliciting at any home or business displaying a No Solicitors or No Trespassers sign, and the No Solicitors decal issued by the…

Anyone peddling goods house-to-house in unincorporated Johnson County needs an itinerant sales permit first, with narrow carve-outs for registered nonprofits.

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can conduct a parade on City streets, sidewalks or other City property without a permit from the City. The application is due ten working days…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, an event open to the public in a City-owned park is a Type 1 special event under Section 4-1-B-25, with standard shelter rentals carved out. The…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, fairs, carnivals, festivals, concerts and circuses fall under Type 2 special events. The organizer applies at least 30 days ahead, carries $500,000 per…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, the maximum height is 35 feet for residential structures in the AG district and 35 feet in the R-1 and RP-1 single-family districts. Agricultural…

Under the City of Lenexa, Kansas property development schedule, an R-1/RP-1 lot needs a 30 foot street setback, a 20 foot rear setback and a 7 foot setback on the other sides. AG lots…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas, limits lot coverage indirectly through a minimum open space percentage of the lot: 60 percent in R-1 and RP-1, 75 percent in RE and RP-E, and 90 percent in…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can start land disturbance without a permit from the Community Development Director, and only jobs under 100 cubic yards of earth movement or…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, new development and redevelopment cannot increase the quantity and rate of stormwater leaving a site without an approved stormwater management plan…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, a new or substantially improved building in a Special Flood Hazard Area must put its lowest floor, basement included, and all mechanical equipment at…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, any development or substantial improvement in a Special Flood Hazard Area or Zone X (Future Base Flood) needs a floodplain development permit. New…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas does not enforce deed restrictions or homes association covenants. Section 4-2-A-8 of the subdivision chapter says Private Restrictions are not interpreted…

Kansas's HOA governance act, the Uniform Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act (K.S.A. 58-4601 et seq.), contains no assessment-lien provision. For condominiums, K.S.A. 58-3123…

KUCIOBORA requires board and committee meetings to be open to owners, with at least five days' notice, and bars final votes in executive session (K.S.A. 58-4612). Associations must…

Kansas protects flag display in a homeowners association only through K.S.A. 58-4617(d), part of the Kansas Uniform Common Interest Owners Bill of Rights Act, and only in a common…

Kansas sets no dollar cap on a homeowners association fine, requires no notice-and-hearing before one is imposed, and grants no statutory cure period. The Kansas Uniform Common…

Kansas gives an association a judicial foreclosure remedy, but a narrow one. Under K.S.A. 58-3710 for townhouses and K.S.A. 58-3123 for condominiums, unpaid common expenses become a…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, garage sales, craft sales and manufacturers' sample sales are a permitted accessory use in residential zoning districts, limited to 2 sales events per…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, garage sale signs are temporary signs that need no sign permit and can stay up for ninety days before removal or replacement, with the property owner's…

The Lenexa City Code has no separate political-sign section. Its election-window rule lets temporary signs stand in the public right-of-way in the City of Lenexa, Kansas for forty-five…

The Lenexa City Code lists no permitted category for a digital billboard. In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, any sign not specifically permitted is prohibited, off-site signs are…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, non-illuminated window signs need no permit but cannot exceed 20 percent of the overall window area per facade, and cannot use more than 50 percent of…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, strings of lights used as holiday decoration are allowed from Thanksgiving to January 6, provided each light stays at or below 50 lumens of output. Under…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, Section 4-6-A-1 makes it unlawful to obstruct, in any manner, any street, alley or sidewalk. Section 4-6-A-4 adds a ban on bridging or filling curbs and…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, no one can excavate or perform any work in a public right-of-way without first getting a City permit, except in an emergency. Each excavation needs its…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, selling food from a parking lot is a Type 1 special event, not a by-right use. Each sale needs a City permit and a Kansas Department of Agriculture Food…

Selling food from a cart, stand, or vehicle on a public sidewalk or road right-of-way is banned outright in unincorporated Johnson County, even for permitted itinerant vendors.

Kansas makes it unlawful to run a mobile food unit without a valid food establishment license from the Kansas Department of Agriculture. The truck must pass inspection, and the…

The City of Lenexa, Kansas keeps a Lenexa Register of Historic Places. Nominations go through the Lenexa Historical Society and a City Council public hearing, and once a property is…

The Lenexa City Code does not use the word billboard, but its sign rules for the City of Lenexa, Kansas prohibit lights that flash, blink, rotate or change intensity or color, glare…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, exterior lights on new and expanded development must be full cutoff fixtures with flat lenses and non-adjustable mounting brackets, so no light escapes…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, light trespass is light cast beyond the property boundary, and new site lighting must not produce more than 0.5 vertical footcandles at the property line…

In the City of Lenexa, Kansas, the City plants street trees in single-family and duplex subdivisions with average lots under 1 acre, aiming for one tree per 40 linear feet of street…

JCPRD confines drones, model rockets and remote-control vehicles to designated areas of its parks and requires operators to be at least 16 years old and hold a valid JCPRD permit…

Johnson County requires anyone doing paid storm debris removal, cleanup, or disaster repair work to register with the county once a state of disaster emergency is declared, with…

Kansas does not permit marijuana dispensaries because cultivation, distribution, and sale of marijuana remain illegal under K.S.A. 21-5705; cities and counties cannot zone for or…

Kansas prohibits all marijuana cultivation, including home growing, under K.S.A. 21-5705 and 21-5706, with no recreational or medical exception; cities cannot authorize personal…

Kansas prohibits cities and counties from setting a local minimum wage above the state and federal floor for private employers.

Kansas allows permitless concealed carry for adults 21 and older, while still issuing optional permits for reciprocity in other states.

Kansas broadly preempts cities and counties from regulating firearms, ammunition, components, and accessories beyond what state law specifically authorizes.

Kansas permits the open carry of firearms by lawful adults statewide and prevents cities and counties from banning open carry.

Kansas doesn't license private casinos: the state owns and operates them itself. K.S.A. 74-8734 caps casino gaming at one state-run "lottery gaming facility" per gaming zone in four…

Kan. Const. art. 15, § 3a lets the legislature license bingo for nonprofits, and the Kansas Charitable Gaming Act, K.S.A. 75-5171 et seq., vests that power exclusively in the state: no…

Kansas carves out no exception for private, in-home, or friendly wagering. K.S.A. 21-6403(a) defines "bet" broadly, then lists ten specific exclusions -- business deals, contest…

Kansas legalized sports wagering in 2022 under K.S.A. 74-8781, but only as a state lottery product: there's no path to run an independent sportsbook. Every legal wager runs through one…

Kansas runs sobriety checkpoints, but no Kansas statute authorises them. A full-text search of the Kansas Statutes Annotated returns zero hits for "checkpoint," "sobriety" and…

Kansas has no statute that expressly grants a right to record police, and none that bans it. The controlling provision is the breach of privacy statute, K.S.A. 21-6101, which is a…

Kansas is usually listed as a stop-and-identify state, and K.S.A. 22-2402(1) does let an officer who reasonably suspects a crime stop a person in a public place and demand a name, an…

Kansas has no statute that defines consent to a vehicle search, and it no longer has a statute authorising searches at all: K.S.A. 22-2501, the old search-incident-to-arrest section…

Kansas issues no statewide solar building permit: cities and counties handle that. But every grid-tied rooftop system must meet the Net Metering and Easy Connection Act's…

Kansas prohibits the sale of cigarettes, tobacco, and vapor products to anyone under 21 years of age statewide.

Kansas allows auxiliary lighting but counts and measures it. K.S.A. 8-1719 permits not more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps, two auxiliary passing lamps and two auxiliary driving…

Kansas never wrote a closed list of things allowed on a windshield, so there is no Kansas provision a dash cam has to fit into. The whole of the rule is K.S.A. 8-1741(a), which forbids…

Lane splitting is expressly illegal in Kansas. K.S.A. 8-1595(c) says no person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles, and…

Kansas has a dedicated plate-cover statute. K.S.A. 8-15,110, enacted in 2010, makes it unlawful to display a plate covered in whole or in part with any clear or opaque material or any…

No Kansas statute mentions radar detectors. A full-text search of the Kansas Statutes Annotated for "radar" returns a single section, K.S.A. 28-826, which merely defines a military…

Kansas allows studded tires, but the dates are not in the statute. K.S.A. 8-1742(c) permits studs only if the secretary of transportation approves them by regulation, and the two…

Kansas sets a single figure for tint: under K.S.A. 8-1749a(a)(3) the total light transmission must not be less than 35% wherever a sun screening device is used with an existing one…