Rental Property Rules in Kansas (2026)
25 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
Rent Control
Local limits on how much landlords can raise rent each year, including which properties are covered and exemptions for newer buildings.
Kansas: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsKansas prohibits rent control. Under K.S.A. 12-16,120, no county, city, township, or other political subdivision may…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Few RestrictionsKansas law flatly bars Overland Park, and every city, county or township in the state, from enacting rent control…
Read full rule →Shawnee County
Few RestrictionsRent control is illegal anywhere in Shawnee County. Kansas statute K.S.A. 12-16,120 bars every county, city, and…
Read full rule →Just Cause Eviction
Protections requiring landlords to have a valid reason to evict tenants, such as nonpayment of rent, lease violations, or owner move-in.
Kansas: statewide
StatewideFew RestrictionsKansas does not require just cause for eviction. The Kansas Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (K.S.A. 58-2540 et…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Few RestrictionsOverland Park has no just-cause eviction ordinance. Kansas landlords end a month-to-month tenancy with 30 days' written…
Read full rule →Rental Registration
Requirements for landlords to register rental properties with the city, including inspection programs, fees, and occupancy standards.
Lawrence
Significant RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, every owner renting a dwelling unit on a long-term basis (30 days or more) must first obtain a…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Significant RestrictionsThe City of Lenexa, Kansas requires one rental license for each rooming unit, single-family dwelling, duplex unit…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Significant RestrictionsThe Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas bars anyone from renting out a dwelling unit until the…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Some RestrictionsOverland Park runs a rental licensing and inspection program under OPMC Chapter 5.75. Every rental dwelling needs a…
Read full rule →Shawnee County
Some RestrictionsShawnee County does not license or register rental homes, and Kansas has no statewide landlord license. Topeka enforces…
Read full rule →Security Deposit Rules
Caps on how much landlords may collect as security deposits, return deadlines, itemized-deduction requirements, and tenant remedies for wrongfully withheld deposits.
Landlord Entry & Notice
How much advance notice a landlord must give before entering an occupied unit, the permitted reasons (repairs, showings, inspections), allowed hours, and the emergency exceptions under state law.
Repairs & Habitability
The implied warranty of habitability, how long a landlord has to fix essential services (heat, water, plumbing, mold), and tenant remedies such as repair-and-deduct, rent withholding, or breaking the lease.
Kansas: statewide
StatewideSome RestrictionsK.S.A. 58-2553 requires Kansas landlords to meet building and housing codes, maintain common areas and major systems in…
Read full rule →Lawrence
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lawrence, a rented dwelling in violation of the property maintenance code is automatically a violation…
Read full rule →Lenexa
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Lenexa, Kansas, every owner who rents a dwelling unit must provide heat capable of holding 68ºF in…
Read full rule →Louisburg
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Louisburg, Chapter 8, Article 4 (the Minimum Housing Code) sets numeric habitability floors for every…
Read full rule →Olathe
Some RestrictionsOlathe landlords must maintain at least 68°F in every habitable room, bathroom, and toilet room of a rented unit from…
Read full rule →Overland Park
Some RestrictionsA rental dwelling only keeps its Overland Park Rental License if it stays livable: the City won't license or renew a…
Read full rule →Sedgwick County
Some RestrictionsSedgwick County's Rental Housing Code, County Code Article IX (Secs. 6-426 through 6-436), sets mandatory minimum…
Read full rule →Topeka
Some RestrictionsLandlords in Topeka who agree to furnish heat must keep every habitable room, bathroom and toilet room at least 68°F…
Read full rule →Wichita
Some RestrictionsWichita's Housing Code requires every rental dwelling to have a kitchen sink, a private toilet and lavatory, a bathtub…
Read full rule →Wyandotte County
Some RestrictionsSec. 8-432 requires any landlord who agrees to furnish heat to keep rented dwelling units, rooming units, dormitories…
Read full rule →Lease Termination & Notice to Vacate
Notice required to end a month-to-month tenancy, the rules and penalties for breaking a fixed-term lease early, and early-termination protections for active-duty military, domestic-violence survivors, and medical hardships.
Eviction Notice & Process
The notice a landlord must give before filing to evict, pay-or-quit and cure-or-quit periods, no-cause termination notice, how long the court eviction process takes in this state, and the tenant's options to respond or cure.
Squatter's Rights & Adverse Possession
When an occupant without a lease gains legal protections, the line between a trespasser and a squatter, how many years of continuous possession adverse possession requires in this state, and how an owner lawfully removes a squatter.