Mobile home eviction rules in Kansas

Kansas sets specific notice rules for ending a mobile home lot tenancy. Under the Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (K.S.A. 58-25,100 et seq.), unpaid rent carries a short notice, other breaches carry a longer notice with a chance to cure, and retaliatory eviction is barred. For a specific notice, consider consulting a licensed attorney in Kansas.

What the statute says

On unpaid rent, K.S.A. 58-25,120(b) provides:

If rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay rent within three days after written notice by the landlord of nonpayment and of the landlord's intention to terminate the rental agreement if the rent is not paid within that period of time, the landlord may terminate the rental agreement.

For other material noncompliance, §58-25,120(a) allows termination "upon a date not less than 30 days after receipt of the notice if the breach is not remedied in 14 days." Section 58-25,125(a) bars retaliation: a landlord "shall not retaliate by increasing rent or decreasing services or by failing to renew a rental agreement" after a tenant's good-faith code complaint or tenant-union activity.

How it works in general

Nonpayment carries a three-day pay-or-terminate notice; most other breaches carry a 30-day termination notice with a 14-day window to fix the problem. Ending a month-to-month tenancy without cause takes the 60-day cancellation notice in §58-25,105(d). A landlord that accepts late rent without reservation waives the right to terminate for that breach (§58-25,122). Whatever the ground, the landlord may terminate "only as provided in this act" (§58-25,123), and retaliation gives the tenant a defense to possession.

Common scenarios

General examples Kansas park residents commonly encounter:

• A three-day notice arrives for unpaid rent. Section 58-25,120(b) sets that timeline.
• A notice cites a rule or maintenance breach. Section 58-25,120(a) generally allows a 14-day cure within a 30-day termination notice.
• A notice follows a complaint to a code office. Section 58-25,125 bars eviction used as retaliation for a good-faith complaint.

Other authorities that may apply

The act's holdover and damages rules (§§58-25,123, 58-25,119) and Kansas's general eviction procedures govern the court process. Federal protections — including the Fair Housing Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act — can apply, and the written rental agreement and park rules frame what conduct is at issue.