Kansas Residential Lease Agreement

• Max 1 month's rent unfurnished or 1.5 months furnished, plus up to half a month more if pets are allowed. The landlord must return the deposit, with a written itemization of any deductions, within 14 days after determining the deductions and never later than 30 days after the tenancy ends, possession is delivered and the tenant asks for it. Wrongful withholding can cost 1.5 times the amount withheld on top of the deposit (K.S.A. 58-2550).

Reviewed 5 Oct 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2550

Reviewed 5 Oct 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2550

• Written notice stating that the tenancy terminates on a periodic rent-paying date not less than 30 days after RECEIPT of the notice (K.S.A. 58-2570(b)); same for tenant.
• A rental agreement for a term longer than month-to-month is not month-to-month merely because rent is paid monthly (58-2570(b)).

Quoted from the source: “the tenancy shall terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than 30 days after the receipt of the notice”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2570(b)

• Week-to-week: written notice at least seven days prior to the termination date specified in the notice (58-2570(a)).

Quoted from the source: “terminate a week-to-week tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least seven days prior to the termination date specified in the notice”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2570(a)

• Tenant remaining without consent after expiration of the term: landlord may bring an action for possession and, for willful bad-faith holdover, recover up to 1.5 months' periodic rent or 1.5x actual damages (58-2570(c)); no separate notice period stated. K.S.A. 58-2509: no notice to quit is necessary where the lease specifies the termination time.

Quoted from the source: “Where the time for the termination of a tenancy is specified in the contract ... no notice to quit shall be necessary.”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2570(c); K.S.A. 58-2509

• No statewide good-cause requirement; month-to-month terminable on 30 days' notice to a rent-paying date without cause (58-2570(b)).

Quoted from the source: “The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month-to-month tenancy by a written notice”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2570

• Rent unpaid when due; tenant fails to pay within three days after written notice of nonpayment and of the landlord's intention to terminate if not paid within the three-day period (K.S.A. 58-2564(b)).
• Serve per K.S.A. 58-2510 (personal; leave at residence; person over 12 on premises; posting if no one found; registered/certified mail RRR).

Quoted from the source: “fails to pay rent within three days, after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and such landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2564(b); K.S.A. 58-2510

• Material noncompliance with the rental agreement, or noncompliance with K.S.A. 58-2555 materially affecting health and safety: written notice specifying the acts/omissions and stating the agreement terminates on a date not less than 30 days after RECEIPT if the breach is not remedied within 14 days (58-2564(a)).

Quoted from the source: “will terminate upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt of the notice, if the breach is not remedied in 14 days”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2564(a)

• Same or similar breach occurring after the 14-day cure period of a prior notice: landlord may give written notice that the agreement terminates on a date not less than 30 days after receipt WITHOUT an opportunity to remedy (58-2564(a)).

Quoted from the source: “will terminate upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt of the notice without providing the opportunity to remedy the breach”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2564(a)

• K.S.A. 58-2510: serve the tenant; or, if the tenant cannot be found, leave a copy at the tenant's usual place of residence, or deliver a copy to a person over 12 years of age residing on the premises, or, if no person is found on the premises, post a copy in a conspicuous place; or send by registered mail (return receipt requested) or certified mail (return receipt requested) addressed to the tenant's usual place of residence. Proof of mail service by affidavit of mailing or the return receipt.

Quoted from the source: “or by delivering a copy thereof to some person over 12 years of age residing on the premises”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2510

• No statutory form; mandatory contents: nonpayment notice must state the nonpayment and the landlord's intention to terminate if not paid within three days (58-2564(b)); noncompliance notice must specify the acts and omissions constituting the breach and the termination date (58-2564(a)).

Quoted from the source: “written notice to the tenant specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach”

Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 · K.S.A. 58-2564