Chapter 58, PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY

58-25,113. Duties of tenant. A tenant shall maintain the mobile home space in as good a condition as when the tenant took possession and shall: (a) Comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of city, county and state codes materially affec…

58-25,114. Rules and regulations of landlord, when enforceable; notice; limitations. (a) A landlord may adopt rules or regulations, however described, concerning the tenant's use and occupancy of the mobile home park. Such rules or regulations are enforceable against the tenant o…

58-25,115. Landlord's right to access; limitations. (a) A landlord shall not have the right of access to a mobile home owned by a tenant without consent of the tenant unless it is an extreme hazard involving the potential loss of life or severe property damage. (b) The landlord m…

58-25,116. Tenant to occupy as a dwelling unit; authority to sublet. The tenant shall occupy the tenant's mobile home only as a dwelling unit and may rent the mobile home to another, only upon written agreement with the park management. History: L. 1992, ch. 306, § 18; July 1.

58-25,117. Material noncompliance by landlord; notice; termination of rental agreement; limitations; remedies; security deposit. (a) Except as provided in this act, if there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with K.S.A. 58-25…

58-25,118. Failure to deliver possession; remedies. (a) If the landlord fails to deliver physical possession of the mobile home space to the tenant as provided in K.S.A. 58-25,110, rent abates until possession is delivered and the tenant: (1) Upon at least five days' written noti…

58-25,119. Unlawful removal or exclusion of tenant; diminished services; damages; security deposit. If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the mobile home park or willfully diminishes services to the tenant by interrupting or causing the interruption of el…

58-25,120. Material noncompliance by tenant; notice; termination of rental agreement; limitations; nonpayment of rent; remedies. (a) Except as provided in this act, if there is a material noncompliance by the tenant with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with K.S.A. 58-25,1…

58-25,121. Abandonment, remedies; required registration. (a) A tenant is considered to have abandoned a mobile home when the tenant has been absent from the mobile home without reasonable explanation for 30 days or more during which time there is a default of rent three days afte…

58-25,122. Effect of acceptance of late rent. Acceptance of late payment of rent from the tenant without reservation by the landlord or acceptance of performance by the tenant, other than for payment of rent, that varies from the terms of the rental agreement constitutes a waiver…

58-25,123. Termination of tenancy; holdover by tenant; remedies. (a) The landlord may terminate a tenancy only as provided in this act. (b) If the tenant remains in possession without the landlord's consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, …

58-25,124. Tenant's refusal to allow lawful access, remedies; landlord's unlawful or unreasonable entry, remedies. (a) If the tenant refuses to allow lawful access to the mobile home space, the landlord may obtain injunctive relief to compel access or may terminate the rental agr…

58-25,125. Certain retaliatory actions by landlord prohibited, remedies; increased rent, when; action for possession, when. (a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord shall not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by failing to renew a rental agreement a…

58-25,126. Act inapplicable to rental agreements valid prior to act; renewals, extensions or modifications. The provisions of this act shall not apply to or affect any valid rental agreement entered into prior to the effective date of this act, nor shall it apply to or affect any…

58-25,127. Separate metering for water by landlord; requirements; not public utility. (a) The term "public utility" within the meaning of K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, shall not include any person or entity in the business of being a landlord who is supplied water by a c…

58-25,137. Housing protections for persons affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking. (a) (1) An applicant shall not be denied tenancy on the basis of, or as a direct result of, the fact that the applicant is a protected person if the applicant …

58-2501. Tenants at will; terms of lease in certain cases. Any person in the possession of real property with the assent of the owner is presumed to be a tenant at will, unless the contrary is shown except as herein otherwise provided. Where a landlord is renting farms in large n…

58-2501a. When tenant may remove buildings and improvements. Where the tenant in possession of farm lands under lease, with the owner as provided in K.S.A. 58-2501 owns substantially all the improvements on the land, the tenant may transfer his or her term and improvements withou…

58-2502. Tenants from year to year. When premises are let for one or more years, and the tenant with the assent of the landlord continues to occupy the premises after the expiration of the term, such tenant shall be deemed to be a tenant from year to year. History: G.S. 1868, ch.…

58-2503. Rent payable at intervals. When rent is reserved payable at intervals of three months or less, the tenant shall be deemed to hold from one period to another equal to the interval between the days of payment, unless there is an express contract to the contrary. History: G…

58-2504. Termination of tenancy at will; notice. Thirty days' notice in writing is necessary to be given by either party before he or she can terminate a tenancy at will, or from one period to another of three months or less; but where in any case rent is reserved payable at inte…

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. …

58-2506. Termination of farm or pastureland tenancy; notice. (a) Except as may be otherwise provided by this section or by a written lease signed by the parties thereto, in cases of tenants occupying and cultivating farms or occupying or leasing pastureland, the notice to termina…

58-2506a. Termination of farm tenancies; landlord's liability for certain substances and services provided by tenant. (a) When a notice of termination is given by the landlord pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) of K.S.A. 58-2506 and amendments thereto, and the tenant prior to rece…

58-2507. Termination of lease for three months or longer; notice; effect of payment of rent. If a tenant for a period of three months or longer neglect or refuse to pay rent when due, ten days' notice in writing to quit shall determine the lease, unless such rent be paid before t…

58-2508. Termination of tenancy of less than three months for nonpayment of rent; notice. If a tenant for a period of less than three months shall neglect or refuse to pay rent when due, three days' notice in writing to quit shall determine the same, unless such rent be paid befo…

58-2509. Notice to quit not necessary, when. Where the time for the termination of a tenancy is specified in the contract, or where a tenant at will commits waste, or in the case of a tenant by sufferance, and in any case where the relation of landlord and tenant does not exist, …

58-2510. Service of notice of termination of lease or tenancy. Notice as required in the preceding sections may be served on the tenant, or, if the tenant cannot be found, by leaving a copy thereof at the tenant's usual place of residence, or by delivering a copy thereof to some …

58-2511. Assignment or transfer by tenant, when. No tenant for a term not exceeding two years, or at will, or by sufferance, shall assign or transfer his or her term or interest or any part thereof to another without the written consent of the landlord or person holding under the…

58-2512. Re-entry of premises upon violation of K.S.A. 58-2511. If any tenant shall violate the provisions of the preceding section, the landlord or person holding under the landlord, after giving ten days' notice to quit possession, shall have a right to re-enter the premises an…

58-2513. Attornment of tenant unnecessary; payment of rent. A conveyance of real estate or of any interest therein by a landlord shall be valid without the attornment of the tenant; but the payment of rent by the tenant to the grantor at any time before notice of sale given to sa…

58-2514. Attornment of tenant to stranger void, when. The attornment of a tenant to a stranger shall be void, and shall not affect the possession of his or her landlord unless it be made with the consent of the landlord, or pursuant to a judgment at law or the order or decree of …

58-2515. Remedies of sublessees. Sublessees shall have the same remedy upon the original covenant against the principal landlord as they might have had against their immediate lessor. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 15; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-515. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Cited in de…

58-2516. Remedies of alienees of lessors and lessees. Alienees of lessors and lessees of land shall have the same legal remedies in relation to such land as their principal. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 16; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-516. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "K…

58-2517. Rents from lands granted for life. Rents from lands granted for life or lives may be recovered as other rents. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 17; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-517. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Discussed in article on tenant farmers, H. W. Hannah, 7 …

58-2518. Recovery of rents dependent on life of another. A person entitled to rents dependent on the life of another may recover arrears unpaid at the death of that other. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 18; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-518. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Ment…

58-2519. Executors and administrators, remedies and liabilities. Executors and administrators shall have the same remedies to recover rents, and be subject to the same liabilities to pay them, as their testators and intestates. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 19; October 31; R.S. 1…

58-2520. Occupant without special contract. The occupant without special contract, of any lands, shall be liable for the rent to any person entitled thereto. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 20; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-520. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Discussed in artic…

58-2521. Repairs and improvements by cotenant. If a joint tenant, or tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary, have by consent management of the estate, and make repairs and improvements with the knowledge and without objection of his or her cotenant or coparcener, such cotenan…

58-2522. Recovery by cotenant of rents and profits. A joint tenant, or tenant in common, or tenant in coparcenary, may maintain an action against his or her cotenant or coparcener or their personal representatives, for receiving more than his or her just proportion of the rents a…

58-2523. Action by remainderman or reversioner for waste or trespass. A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain an action for waste or trespass for injury to the inheritance, notwithstanding an intervening estate for life or years. History: G.S. 1868, ch…

58-2524. Rent as lien on crop. Any rent due for farming land shall be a lien on the crop growing or made on the premises. Such lien may be enforced by action and attachment therein, as hereinafter provided. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 24; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-524. Source o…

58-2525. Lessor's remedies when rent payable in share of crop. When any such rent is payable in a share or certain proportion of the crop, the lessor shall be deemed the owner of such share or proportion, and may, if the tenant refuse to deliver the lessor such share or proportio…

58-2526. Recovery of rent from purchaser of crop. The person entitled to the rent may recover from the purchaser of the crop, or any part thereof, with notice of the lien the value of the crop purchased, to the extent of the rent due and damages. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 26;…

58-2527. Attachment for nonpayment of rent; grounds; affidavit and bond. When any person who shall be liable to pay rent (whether the same be due or not, if it be due within one year thereafter, and whether the same be payable in money or other things) intends to remove, or is re…

58-2528. Contents of affidavit; proceedings. In an action to enforce a lien on crops for rent of farming lands, the affidavit for an attachment shall state that there is due from the defendant to the plaintiff a certain sum, naming it, for rent of farming lands, describing the sa…

58-2530. Tenant may waive exemptions. A tenant may waive, in writing, the benefit of the exemption laws of this state for all debts contracted for rents. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 30; October 31; R.S. 1923, 67-530. Law Review and Bar Journal References: Discussed in article o…

58-2531. Leasing of farm lands; provisions in certain contracts enumerated. Whereas, Much farming land in this state is owned by persons or corporations for money rent as the sole business of the owners, the rentals of said lands being evidenced and secured by written lease contr…

58-2532. Terms of such contracts variant from approved rental agreements. The foregoing lease conditions and requirements are variant from the ordinary and generally used and approved rental agreements between landlord and tenant in the particulars above mentioned, are harsh, bur…

58-2533. Such lease contracts against public policy and unenforceable; tenants to pay fair and reasonable sums. Lease agreements containing all of the burdensome requirements heretofore recited are hereby declared to be against the public policy of the state, illegal and unenforc…