Kansas Statewide Rule
Kansas Eviction Notice Requirements
Key Facts
- Nonpayment notice
- 3 days to pay
- Lease-violation notice
- 30-day termination
- Cure period (violation)
- 14 days
- Statute
- K.S.A. 58-2564
Summary
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 termination notice with a 14-day window to cure the breach in good faith.
Material noncompliance by tenant; notice; termination of rental agreement; limitations; nonpayment of rent; remedies. (a) Except as otherwise provided in the residential landlord and tenant act, if there is a material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with K.S.A. 58-2555 and amendments thereto materially affecting health and safety, the landlord may deliver a written notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt of the notice, if the breach is not remedied in 14 days. The rental agreement shall terminate as provided in the notice regardless of the periodic rent-paying date, except that if the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise, and the tenant adequately initiates a good faith effort to remedy the breach prior to the date specified in the notice, the rental agreement will not terminate. However, in the event that such breach or a similar breach occurs after the 14-day period provided in this subsection, the landlord may deliver a written notice to the tenant that the rental agreement will terminate upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt of the notice without providing the opportunity to remedy the breach. The rental agreement then shall terminate as provided in such notice regardless of the periodic rent-paying date.
Full Breakdown
K.S.A. 58-2564(b) governs nonpayment: if rent is unpaid when due, the landlord gives written notice that the tenancy terminates if rent is not paid "within three days" (an additional two days if the notice is mailed). For other material noncompliance, subsection (a) requires written notice specifying the breach and stating the agreement "will terminate upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt," while giving the tenant 14 days to remedy; if the tenant cures in good faith within 14 days, termination is avoided. For a repeat of similar conduct, the landlord may issue a 30-day termination notice without a further cure opportunity. Formal eviction (forcible detainer) is then filed in court.
Violations & Penalties
No specific statutory penalty for the notice itself. A landlord must use the court eviction process; self-help lockouts or utility shutoffs are prohibited and expose the landlord to tenant claims for damages and injunctive relief.
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