Olathe, KS

Olathe allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot in residential, downtown, and planned districts, capped at 1,000 square feet or half the main house's floor area, with a building…

Olathe caps detached sheds at 210 to 400 square feet by lot size and keeps them at least 5 feet from rear or side lines, 15 feet on a corner lot.

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…

Olathe Municipal Code § 8.10.070 bars keeping any dangerous wild animal, an untamed mammal, reptile, or fowl, as a pet or for display anywhere in the city, with narrow exceptions for…

Olathe requires dogs off their owner's property to be under control, on a leash no longer than 8 feet, under reliable voice command, or confined in a vehicle, under Municipal Code §…

Olathe's Unified Development Ordinance treats veterinary clinics and animal hospitals as a special use requiring Governing Body approval in nearly every zoning district, permitted by…

Olathe Municipal Code § 8.10.110(B) bars any breed-specific dog ban: a dog's residence in the City cannot be prohibited solely because of its breed, though dogs individually declared…

Olathe outlaws trapping anywhere in the city, including for nuisance coyotes, except cage-type live traps checked every 12 hours or methods authorized under Kansas wildlife guidelines…

Olathe has no city-wide pet microchipping law, but Municipal Code § 8.10.110(C)(4) requires any dog a Municipal Judge has declared dangerous to be microchipped, with the manufacturer…

Olathe has no citywide spay/neuter mandate, but Municipal Code § 8.10.110(C)(6) requires any dog a Municipal Judge has declared dangerous to be spayed or neutered as a condition of…

Olathe requires every cat over six months old to be licensed with the City, per Municipal Code § 8.06.010, and every cat over four months old to carry a current rabies vaccination…

Olathe makes it unlawful to fish, shoot, hunt, or pursue any bird or animal within city limits unless you hold a valid Kansas hunting or fishing license and are on land that's rural…

Olathe allows up to 10 chickens (roosters banned) on lots under 3 acres with a permit, and unlimited chickens on larger lots, with set coop size and setback rules.

Olathe households can keep up to 4 dogs or cats over 4 months old without a permit on any size lot; more than 4 requires a special animal permit specifying the exact number allowed.

Olathe allows backyard beehives with a 15-foot setback and a mandatory 6-foot flyway barrier; lots under 3 acres need a special animal permit and are capped at two hives.

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…

Olathe caps residential fences at 6 feet, but only 4 feet and 50% open in front or corner side yards, and bars fences from blocking sight-distance triangles at intersections.

Olathe's Unified Development Ordinance flatly bans barbed wire, razor wire, and above-ground electric fencing in every residential district except AG, and in all commercial districts…

Olathe exempts fences seven feet or shorter from a building permit under its adopted Building Code; anything taller requires a permit from the Chief Building Official before…

Olathe requires City Engineer and Chief Building Inspector approval for commercial and industrial retaining walls, caps most at six inches above grade, and mandates fencing atop walls…

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…

Olathe bans open burning of refuse outright citywide, for residential and commercial property alike, with the general code setting no seasonal window or self-issued permit exception.

Olathe requires an operational fire permit to store or use LP-gas, but home installations get a break: individual containers up to 500 gallons water capacity, or multiple tanks…

Olathe's amended residential code requires smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas within 21 feet, and on every additional story, with specific clearance from bathrooms…

Recreational (backyard) fires in Olathe need no permit but must stay at least 25 feet from any structure or combustible material, burn only natural fuel, and be constantly attended…

Unincorporated Johnson County bans storing, selling, using, exploding, discharging or possessing fireworks outright. The only carve-outs are a permitted public display, wholesale…

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…

Olathe's UDO caps family day-care homes at ten children total, requires the operator to live on-site, and allows only one outside employee under UDO § 18.50.035.

Olathe home occupations get exactly one sign: a 2-square-foot nameplate on the building's wall near the main entrance, no other advertising on the house or yard.

Olathe allows a home-based business as an accessory residential use, not a standalone permit process: it just has to satisfy the Unified Development Ordinance's full home-occupation…

Olathe limits home-based businesses to two clients or patrons on site at once, and bars deliveries, visits and business vehicle trips between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. under the city's home…

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…

Olathe lets residents keep a compost pile without a permit as long as it's stored in a screened enclosure, and city code specifically excludes a compliant pile from counting as a…

Olathe exempts approved natural or xeriscaped areas, and protected waterways, from its weed-height rule, as long as the area stays free of noxious weeds and follows city…

New landscaping in Olathe, Kansas must favor native or drought-resistant plants; if you skip them, you must install an irrigation system and maintain it for a mandatory three-year…

Olathe's municipal code bans willfully damaging or destroying another person's trees and requires property owners to trim branches overhanging streets, alleys, or sidewalks to set…

Olathe caps vegetation at eight inches tall on developed lots and twelve inches on vacant parcels: anything taller is 'excessive growth' and a code violation citywide under Chapter…

Olathe requires property owners to trim trees overhanging a street, alley, or sidewalk so branches clear 13 feet 6 inches above the street or alley and 10 feet above the sidewalk…

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

Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas caps vehicle sound on public roads by weight class and speed, from 78 to 92 dBA, and requires every vehicle to carry a working muffler in constant…

Olathe prohibits owning or harboring any animal or bird that frequently or continuously howls, barks, or makes noise crossing a residential property line, enforced by the city's Noise…

Olathe bans unreasonably loud noise citywide and treats any sound plainly audible 50 feet away, or at the property line, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. as automatic proof of a violation.

Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas caps sound at a receiving property's boundary by zoning: 55 dBA daytime and 50 dBA nighttime in residential districts, 65 dBA at all times in commercial…

Olathe bars amplified music, radios, or instruments from creating a noise disturbance across a property line between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., under the City's Noise Control Ordinance.

Olathe caps construction, drilling, and demolition equipment at 65 dBA measured at the property line during allowed hours, but exempts mobile hand power tools used temporarily at a…

Olathe's Noise Control Ordinance exempts aircraft movement conducted under federal law, so helicopter and airplane flights over this Johnson County, Kansas city are not locally…

Olathe Municipal Code § 6.18.040(P) bars running powered saws, drills, sanders, grinders, lawn or garden tools such as leaf blowers, and snowblowers outdoors in residential areas…

Olathe bars trucks, trailers, farm tractors, and industrial machinery from parking on any street between 6:00 p.m. and 5:59 a.m., and requires off-street parking for those vehicles…

Olathe requires passenger vehicles on single-family, two-family, and multifamily lots to park on paved driveways or paved parking areas next to the garage or carport, not on grass or…

Olathe bars parking in a space marked or reserved for electric vehicle charging unless the vehicle is actually there to charge, under Municipal Code § 10.01.085(c)(3).

Olathe bans keeping an inoperable or junked vehicle in view on any property: inside a garage or screened behind a licensed business is fine, but a visible junker triggers nuisance…

Olathe bars parking, standing, or stopping a commercial vehicle, trucks over one ton or oversize, hauling trailers, on any street, alley, lot, or driveway in a residential district.

Olathe bars parking in intersections, on crosswalks, or in front of driveways, and requires curbside vehicles to park facing traffic with wheels within 12 inches of the curb, under…

Olathe lets single-family and two-family lots keep up to two recreational vehicles, motorhomes, campers, trailers, or boats, in the side or rear yard, not the front, under set…

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…

Olathe requires a building permit to construct a residential swimming pool unless it qualifies for a narrow above-ground exemption; the Building Codes Division within the Olathe Fire…

Olathe requires private hot tubs, spas, and pools holding more than 24 inches of water to have a fence or barrier meeting the city's Swimming Pool and Spa Code, unless the unit has an…

Kansas applies state and local transient guest taxes to short-term rentals of 28 days or fewer, in addition to state and local sales tax. Hosts and platforms must collect and remit…

New and altered one- and two-family homes in Olathe must have exterior doors fitted with a single-cylinder deadbolt meeting minimum size, pin-tumbler, and ANSI Grade 2 specifications…

Olathe adopts NFPA 70, the 2017 National Electrical Code, as its Electrical Code, with administration and permitting handled under the same building-permit process as the International…

Olathe requires automatic fire sprinklers in new townhouses of three or more connected units, but leaves single- and two-family homes sprinkler-free: installation there stays voluntary…

Olathe requires anyone who builds, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, or demolishes a building, or touches its electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing systems, to get a permit from the…

Olathe's Fire Code requires home child daycares to meet Johnson County's Home Daycare Handbook standards and pass a Fire Department inspection before opening, with reinspection every…

Olathe requires plumbing work to comply with the locally adopted 2018 International Plumbing Code, enforced under the city's building permit and inspection process.

Olathe requires every elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter to be tested by a certified elevator inspector whenever it's installed, repaired, or remodeled, with the report filed before…

Olathe doesn't set a blanket lot-coverage percentage for standard residential lots, but adding an accessory dwelling unit caps total lot coverage, house plus ADU, at 75 percent.

Olathe's R-1 single-family district sets a baseline 30-foot front yard, 7-foot side yard, and 25-foot rear yard, with reduced options tied to lot size.

Olathe's R-1 Single-Family district caps residential building height at 2½ stories or 35 feet, while nonresidential structures may reach 75 feet if set back a distance equal to their…

Olathe licenses secondhand-goods dealing through its pawnbroker and precious metal dealer chapter, requiring a city clerk license and weekly transaction reports.

Olathe confines adult business establishments to M-3/MP-3 zoning, requires an annual City Clerk license, and imposes 1,000 to 2,000-foot spacing buffers.

Olathe requires a separate annual massage therapy establishment license for every location, plus individual therapist licensing under Chapter 5.36.

Olathe requires tattoo and body-piercing operators to hold a Kansas State Board of Cosmetology license and bars piercing or tattooing anyone under 18 without notarized parental consent…

Olathe's UDO allows home automotive repair as a residential accessory use only for the tenant's or occupant's own vehicles: fixing cars for paying customers isn't a permitted home use.

Olathe requires a city license to tow vehicles from private commercial property without consent, and caps rates, notice, and storage practices by ordinance.

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

Olathe parks and recreational areas close between midnight and sunrise: being present during those hours, or after posted closing, is unlawful unless you're on-duty staff, law…

Roof drains, sump pump discharges and French drains on Olathe homes must end at least four feet inside the property line, or four feet from the right-of-way: closer discharges are a…

Olathe requires new or substantially improved residential structures in the 100-year floodplain to elevate their lowest floor at least 2 feet above base flood elevation, certified by a…

Olathe requires a land disturbance permit before any grading begins; small projects disturbing under an acre, with minimal fill and no drainageway obstruction, are exempt from the…

Any construction or substantial improvement inside Olathe's mapped Special Flood Hazard Areas, FEMA's A, AE, AO, and AH zones, needs a separate floodplain development permit from the…

Olathe bars food trucks from blocking sidewalks, bike lanes, or traffic, and requires a 5-foot accessible route at all times.

Olathe lets food trucks vend on public or private property but caps each spot at 10 hours a day and bars vending within 150 feet of an open restaurant.

Mobile food trucks operating in Olathe must hold all required licenses and permits and follow numeric operating rules on hours at a spot, distance from restaurants, and signage, under…

Olathe does not require a permit for a garage sale: it's a by-right accessory use in residential and AG districts, capped at six sales per premises per calendar year and three…

Olathe designates buildings, sites, and districts with historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural importance as historic landmarks; once designated, owners need Historic…

Olathe's Unified Development Ordinance makes clear that private deed restrictions and CC&Rs are not enforced by the City: enforcement is left to whoever holds the legal right to…

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…

Overnight camping is banned on all Olathe public lands, including city parks, unless the area is posted for camping or the Parks Director gives written permission: violators face fines…

Olathe bars obstructing a street, alley, or sidewalk in any manner, naming benches and similar obstructions specifically, rather than singling out sitting or lying on the ground.

Olathe, Kansas, in Johnson County, may levy a transient guest tax of up to nine percent on gross receipts for hotel, motel, and tourist court sleeping accommodations, under home-rule…

Olathe's landscaping code bans specific invasive and infrastructure-damaging species, including Ailanthus, Siberian elm, cottonwood, silver maple and every ash species, from the City's…

Olathe defines electric-assisted bicycles as Class 1, 2, or 3 by top assisted speed, allows all three classes anywhere bicycles ride with limited exceptions, bars riders under 16 from…

Shared e-scooter and e-bike companies must sign an agreement with Olathe before operating, and riders in Johnson County, Kansas can't leave scooters blocking sidewalks, ramps…

Olathe requires cyclists to use a marked bike lane or an adjacent bike path instead of the roadway once one is provided, and limits roadway riding to two abreast outside those lanes.

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…

Places of public entertainment in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, bars, nightclubs, and similar venues, must not exceed 85 dBA at any customer area unless a posted warning sign about…

Olathe bans loading, unloading, or handling boxes, crates, and containers overnight if it disturbs residential neighbors, and caps stationary heavy-truck idling near homes to 30…

Olathe's noise ordinance names bass reverberations directly, and treats late-night sound plainly audible fifty feet away or at the adjacent property line, including from bass, as…

Charcoal grills, smokers and other open-flame cookers can't sit on a combustible balcony or within 10 feet of combustible construction: except one- and two-family homes and townhomes…

Olathe bans outdoor lighting on private property that throws glare or direct illumination across a property line in a residential area strongly enough to be a nuisance, and requires…

Olathe requires full cut-off light fixtures producing no light above 90 degrees from nadir for parking lots over 20 spaces, with a 30-foot pole height cap cut to 20 feet near homes.

Olathe's breach-of-privacy ordinance bars secretly recording, intercepting, or eavesdropping on private conversations without consent; it does not restrict recording police or…

Olathe requires vacant lots to stay under twelve inches of vegetation, though large undeveloped parcels over ten acres away from public roads get a mowing exception with a fifty-foot…

Olathe, Kansas, in Johnson County, can order removal of dilapidated structures, junk, and blighted conditions on private property, then bill or lien the owner if the nuisance isn't…

Owners and occupants of Olathe lots must keep abutting sidewalks clear of snow, ice, and mud at all times; if they don't, the city removes it and bills the cost back as a special…

Olathe holds the owner or person in control of a property criminally liable for keeping a disorderly premises, meaning permitting or allowing a loud or unruly party to continue there…

Olathe pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between signal-controlled intersections they can cross only at a marked…

Olathe bans possessing or drinking from an open container of alcohol or cereal malt beverage on public streets, alleys, roads, highways, and most City-owned property, enforced under…

Olathe bars anyone under 18 from loitering on streets, sidewalks, parking lots or yards between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent or another adult given custody over…

Olathe bans skateboards, roller skates, and coasters from sidewalks and parking lots in a defined downtown zone bounded by Poplar, Water, and Cedar Streets and the BNSF right-of-way…

Olathe bans smoking within 10 feet of any building doorway, window, or air intake, Municipal Code § 6.20.030(E), even outdoors on a sidewalk or patio near an entrance.

Olathe flatly bans urinating or defecating on any street, alley, public property, or private property in open view, unless the spot is a designated restroom, a Class C public offense.

Olathe bans letting garbage or refuse pile up on any property if it creates a foul smell or lets rodents, insects, or other vermin breed or threaten to breed there.

Olathe landlords must maintain at least 68°F in every habitable room, bathroom, and toilet room of a rented unit from October 1 through April 30 each year.

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…

Olathe's AG zoning district places no restrictions on operating farm vehicles or machinery, or on selling farm products raised on the premises, on 40-acre-minimum agricultural lots.

Kansas protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought after non-farm uses move into the surrounding area.

Placing a structure like a fence, retaining wall, gazebo, or sprinkler system on Olathe public right-of-way or park land is unlawful unless the Governing Body has approved it, and…

Olathe Municipal Code § 12.12.010 makes it unlawful for a property owner to let the sidewalk adjacent to their property stay in bad repair or in a condition hazardous to people using…

In Olathe's Downtown District, a permanent window sign can cover only 10% of the window's area, or up to 20% if the business skips a wall sign, and only one sign per window.

Olathe bans new billboards citywide and blocks existing nonconforming billboards from adding digital faces, extra illumination or moving panels under the sign code.

Olathe caps garage-sale signs at four square feet with up to two faces, allows them only at the site of the sale, and requires no sign permit, under the UDO's temporary-sign rules for…

Olathe caps yard signs, including election signs, at two per lot in AG, R-1 and R-2 districts, each no larger than six square feet per face and six feet tall.

Olathe allows solar collectors in every zoning district but requires them to meet the adopted building code and specific placement, height, and setback standards under the UDO.

Olathe does not license or permit door-to-door solicitors and peddlers, that certificate requirement was repealed in 1998, but strict conduct rules on hours, no-solicit signs and…

Unincorporated Johnson County requires a sheriff-vetted permit before anyone sells or solicits house to house, and caps door-to-door selling hours to 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

Olathe enforces a reservation system for park fields and shelters: a group without a reservation must vacate when asked by the reservation holder, the Park Director, or police, or face…

Street fairs, music festivals, and public assemblies in Olathe streets or parks require a special event permit from the City Clerk before operating, under Olathe Municipal Code Chapter…

Parades in Olathe need the Chapter 5.05 special event permit, and organizers must carry it during the parade while following added rules on blocking traffic, vehicles cutting through…

Closing an Olathe street for a neighborhood block party requires the same special event permit the City requires for any use of public streets, obtained from the City Clerk before the…

Olathe restaurants and bars need a City Clerk-issued sidewalk premises permit before serving alcohol on the sidewalk or right-of-way next to their business, per Municipal Code §…

Olathe collects residential trash and yard waste weekly and recyclables biweekly, all picked up curbside, while multi-family and commercial waste is picked up at the container instead.

Olathe has required curbside recycling for every single-family home since January 1, 2010, with the cost folded into the monthly trash bill and set-out recyclables becoming City…

The City of Olathe collects residential trash and yard waste once a week citywide, runs recycling on a separate biweekly cycle, and bills every household a monthly service charge…

Olathe makes it a Class C public offense to intentionally or recklessly dump or deposit any object or substance on public streets and parks, into waterways, or onto private property…

Olathe picks up bagged or carted yard waste at the curb on its own schedule, and dumping it loose in the street or mixing it with trash is unlawful.

Commercial properties in Olathe must use solid waste containers meeting City Manager specifications: waterproof, covered except when in use, and fully accessible to collection crews…

Olathe's property maintenance code lets residents keep authorized trash containers outdoors without the usual outdoor-storage screening, as long as the carts comply with the solid…

Olathe's regular weekly trash service doesn't remove bulk items automatically: residents must contact the City at least one business day before their scheduled pickup to arrange…

New development along local and collector streets in Olathe must plant street trees spaced an average of 40 feet apart, with at least 2 required on corner lots and 6 feet of clearance…

Olathe protects any tree 8 inches or more in trunk diameter on land going through platting or site plan review, covering every species except non-native invasive trees.

Olathe's Downtown (D) District requires street-facing building entrances, three-part facades, and Class 1 materials on 80% of street walls under Unified Development Ordinance §…

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 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…