Kansas Lease Agreement: What to Include

A Kansas residential lease needs to reflect this state's actual rules on security deposits, entry notice, late fees, and required disclosures — not a generic template written for a different state. The figures below come from Kansas's residential landlord-tenant statute; where the state sets no fixed number, that's stated plainly rather than glossed over, since "the state doesn't specify" is itself something you need to know.

Security deposit

Security deposit limit: 1 month unfurnished; 1.5 months furnished; additional pet deposit up to 0.5 month. Kansas does not require interest on held deposits. Return deadline after move-out: 30 Days.

Entry notice, late fees, and rent increases

Entry notice: Reasonable notice; no fixed statutory hours. Late fees: No statewide fixed cap; should be reasonable and stated in lease; no statewide grace period requirement. Rent increase notice for month-to-month tenancies: 30 days. (Entry notice citation: No statewide statute.)

Required disclosures

A Kansas lease should include or accompany:

• • Federal lead-based paint
• • move-in inventory required

Eviction notice for nonpayment

For nonpayment of rent, Kansas's standard notice period is 3 days. This is the minimum notice before you can move to the next step in the eviction process — actual court timelines run longer once a case is filed. (Eviction notice citation: K.S.A. § 58-2564 (3 days).)

What actually distinguishes Kansas

Kansas caps the security deposit at: 1 month unfurnished; 1.5 months furnished; additional pet deposit up to 0.5 month.

Kansas requires reasonable notice; no fixed statutory hours notice before a landlord enters an occupied unit for routine, non-emergency purposes.

At 3, Kansas's notice period for nonpayment is on the short end nationally — landlords can move to the next step quickly, but that also means less room for a paperwork mistake to cost you time.

Sources and the bottom line

The figures above reflect Kansas's residential landlord-tenant statute as summarized on LeasePilot HQ's Kansas landlord-tenant law page, which lists the specific sources behind each number. Security deposit rules specifically are codified at K.S.A. § 58-2550, with the return deadline set by K.S.A. § 58-2550 (30 days). Primary and cross-reference sources used in compiling this page:

• • https://ipropertymanagement.com/laws/security-deposits
• • https://www.justia.com/real-estate/landlord-tenant/information-for-landlords/right-of-entry/
• • https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/state-landlord-tenant-laws

State landlord-tenant law changes through legislative sessions and court decisions — treat the numbers above as a starting point, verify against Kansas's current statute (linked above) before relying on them for an actual lease, and see LeasePilot HQ's full Kansas landlord-tenant law summary for the complete breakdown, or generate a lease with Kansas-specific clauses built in automatically.