Termination of tenancy from year-to-year; notice

58-2505. Termination of tenancy from year-to-year; notice. All tenancies from year to year, other than farm tenancies from year-to-year, may be terminated by at least thirty days' notice in writing, given to the tenant prior to the expiration of the year. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 5; L. 1905, ch. 281, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-505; L. 1978, ch. 215, § 1; July 1. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Discussed in article on tenant farmers, H. W. Hannah, 7 K.L.R. 295, 297 (1959). "Survey of Kansas Law: Real and Personal Property," Deanell R. Tacha, 27 K.L.R. 283 (1979). "Prosecuting and Defending Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions," Stephen Kirschbaum, 65 J.K.B.A. No. 7, 20 (1996). CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Tenant must give landlord at least thirty days' notice. Ware v. Nelson, 4 Kan. App. 258, 45 P. 923. Reversed: Nelson v. Ware, 57 Kan. 670, 47 P. 540. 2. Notice unnecessary where parties have a written lease. Harris v. Harper, 48 Kan. 418, 29 P. 697. 3. No notice from tenant necessary to terminate tenancy. Nelson v. Ware, 57 Kan. 670, 47 P. 540. 4. Section cited; when tenant entitled to notice. Lamb v. Lemon, 103 Kan. 607, 608, 177 P. 4. 5. Tenant holding over entitled to thirty-day notice to quit. Tredick v. Birrer, 109 Kan. 488, 200 P. 272. 6. Notice of termination of farm tenancy must conform with K.S.A. 58-2506. Way v. Swain, 158 Kan. 238, 241, 146 P.2d 414. 7. Length of notice to vacate sufficient; subsequent notice did not invalidate. Lewis v. Victory Oil Co., 170 Kan. 660, 664, 228 P.2d 709. 8. Agreement to pasture cattle for definite term; notice to terminate unnecessary. Brown v. Beckerdite, 174 Kan. 153, 158, 254 P.2d 308. 9. Written lease and oral agreement construed; no notice necessary. Rogers v. Ostmeyer, 180 Kan. 265, 266, 302 P.2d 999. 10. Any judgment court could render where tenant's right to possession has expired considered unavailing. Graber v. Griffin, 210 Kan. 142, 146, 500 P.2d 35. 11. Applied; holdover tenants under oral farm lease not required to pay increase in rate announced after holdover year commenced. Becker v. McFadden, 221 Kan. 552, 554, 561 P.2d 416. 12. Notice requirements for termination of farm tenancy dealing with a fall seeded grain crop construed. Grey v. Schmidt, 224 Kan. 375, 581 P.2d 1180. 13. Specific provisions of residential landlord tenant act (K.S.A. 58-2540 et seq.), control over general provisions and earlier legislation herein. Schartz v. Foster, 15 Kan. App. 2d 213, 215, 805 P.2d 505 (1991). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026