Stays longer than thirty consecutive days at a Kansas City STR are treated as standard residential tenancies under Missouri landlord-tenant law rather than transient lodging, removing the convention and tourism tax obligation while imposing eviction and habitability rules.
The KCMO Convention and Tourism Tax (administered through Ch. 68 of the City Code and aligned with MO sales-tax framework) applies to lodging of fewer than thirty-one consecutive days. Once a guest crosses the thirty-day threshold, Missouri Chapter 535 landlord-tenant statutes attach: written notice for termination, security-deposit rules under Mo. §535.300, and habitability obligations. STR hosts using Airbnb's medium-term feature must therefore screen guests, draft compliant lease addenda, and recognize that an eviction rather than a check-out becomes the only lawful way to remove a non-paying long-stay guest.
Attempting a self-help lockout of a 30-plus day guest violates Mo. §441.233 anti-self-help eviction provisions and exposes the host to civil damages, possible criminal trespass complaints by the tenant, and STR registration discipline.
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