Kansas Statutes 58-25,103. Definitions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-25,103
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Dwelling unit: means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household; but such term shall not include real property used to accommodate a manufactured home or mobile home, unless such manufactured home or mobile home is rented or leased by the landlord. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
- 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
- Mobile home: means a structure which:
(1) Is transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet or more in width and 36 body feet or more in length and is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling, with or without a permanent foundation, when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; and
(2) is not subject to the federal manufactured home construction and safety standards established pursuant to 42 U. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- 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
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes an individual or organization. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- Rent: means all payments to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, other than the security deposit. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
- Rental agreement: means all agreements, written or oral, and valid rules and regulations adopted under Kan. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
- Security deposit: means any sum of money specified in a rental agreement, however denominated, to be deposited with a landlord by a tenant as a condition precedent to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, which sum of money, or any part thereof, may be forfeited by the tenant under the terms of the rental agreement upon the occurrence or breach of conditions specified therein. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent sections of this act which apply to specific sections thereof, and unless the context otherwise requires, in this act:
(a) “Building and housing codes” includes any law, ordinance or governmental rule and regulation concerning fitness for habitation or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any mobile home park, dwelling unit or mobile home space.
(b) “Business” includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest and any other legal or commercial entity which is a landlord, owner, manager or constructive agent pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-25,109.
(c) “Dwelling unit” excludes real property used to accommodate a mobile home.
(d) “Landlord” means the owner, lessor or sublessor of a mobile home park and it also means a manager of the mobile home park who fails to disclose as required by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-25,109.
(e) “Mobile home” includes manufactured homes and mobile homes as defined in subsections (a) and (b) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-4202, and amendments thereto.
(f) “Mobile home park” shall mean any site, lot, field or tract of land upon which two or more occupied mobile homes are harbored, either free of charge or for revenue purposes, and shall include any building, structure, or enclosure used or intended for use as part of the equipment of such mobile home park.
(g) “Mobile home space” means a plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the accommodation of one mobile home.
(h) “Owner” means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested all or part of the legal title to property or all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to present use and enjoyment of the mobile home park. The term includes a mortgagee in possession.
(i) “Rent” means all payments to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, other than the security deposit.
(j) “Rental agreement” means agreements, written or those implied by law, and valid rules and regulations adopted under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-25,114 embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a mobile home space.
(k) “Security deposit” means a deposit of money to secure performance of a mobile home space rental agreement under this act other than a deposit which is exclusively in advance payment of rent.
(l) “Tenant” means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a mobile home space to the exclusion of others.