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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2501a

  • Landlord: means the owner, lessor or sublessor of the dwelling unit, or the building of which it is a part, and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Owner: means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested: (1) All or part of the legal title to property; or (2) all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to prevent use and enjoyment of the premises; and such term includes a mortgagee in possession. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
  • Tenant: means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543

Where the tenant in possession of farm lands under lease, with the owner as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2501 owns substantially all the improvements on the land, the tenant may transfer his or her term and improvements without the consent of the landlord, and any provisions in the lease prohibiting such transfer or requiring the tenant or the tenant’s assignee to remove such buildings or improvements, that does not require the landlord or the new tenant to pay the owner thereof the fair value of the improvements to the land at the time of the expiration of the lease, shall be void.