Public Health Rules in Kansas (2026)
12 rules on the books across Kansas, 10 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Rodent Control
Property owner duties to abate rats and mice, restrictions on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (CA AB-1788), and integrated-pest-management standards.
Lawrence
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, Sections 309.3 and 309.4 of the amended property maintenance code split pest-elimination duty…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Some RestrictionsEvery building and structure in the City of Lenexa must be rat-stopped, freed of rats and kept rat-stopped and…
Read full rule →Louisburg
Some RestrictionsChapter 8, Article 5 of the Louisburg code requires every building in the City to be rat-stopped, freed of rats, and…
Read full rule →Olathe
Some RestrictionsOlathe bans letting garbage or refuse pile up on any property if it creates a foul smell or lets rodents, insects, or…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Some RestrictionsOverland Park's Rat Control chapter requires every business building, including apartments, hotels, restaurants and…
Read full rule →Sedgwick County
Some RestrictionsSedgwick County's rental housing code requires every rental dwelling in the unincorporated county to be free of visible…
Read full rule →Shawnee County
Some RestrictionsShawnee County presumes a public nuisance exists whenever a residential, commercial, or platted-subdivision property…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsTopeka's property code requires every structure to stay free of rodent and insect infestations, with extermination…
Read full rule →Wichita
Some RestrictionsWichita's Housing Code makes tenants responsible for exterminating insects and rodents in their own unit, but shifts…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Some RestrictionsWyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas requires every property owner, manager, lessor and renter to keep premises free of…
Read full rule →Bed-Bug Rules
Landlord disclosure of bed-bug history, treatment-cost responsibility, and tenant duties to cooperate with treatment in California (CIV §1954.603).
Wichita
Some RestrictionsWichita's Lodging Establishment Code requires every licensed hotel and motel to prevent bed bug entrance, harborage…
Read full rule →Lawrence
Light RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, Section 309.6 of the amended property maintenance code authorizes the code official to issue…
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