Wyandotte County, KS Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Chapter 19, article VIII (Sections 19-225 through 19-249) creates the Unified Government's residential rental licensing and inspection program, and Section 19-226 makes it unlawful to rent, offer for rent, or allow occupancy of any rental dwelling unit without a license under the article. Section 19-234 requires the public officer to inspect the interior and exterior of every rental dwelling before a license issues, on a tenant's request, or before a new occupant moves in after a change in occupancy, and it allows exterior inspections at any time the public officer finds necessary.

Section 19-235 sets the minimum scope: inspectors must always check the building exterior, common areas, and basement, plus 50 percent of individual units in buildings of four units or fewer, or 25 percent of units in buildings of 11 units or more, and the public officer may inspect additional or all units once one unit is found substandard. Licenses run on an annual cycle set by Section 19-231, expiring every April 30, and Section 19-233 lets the county administrator set both the annual license fee and a separate inspection fee charged starting with the second failed inspection of a unit in a calendar year, with a ten percent penalty added for every 30 days a fee goes unpaid past 90 days.

A property that fails inspection gets ten days to fix ordinary defects or up to 90 days to cure a substandard condition under Section 19-240 before the license administrator moves toward denial, suspension, or revocation.