Kansas Statutes 58-25,105. Terms and conditions of rental agreement; terms and conditions in absence of rental agreement; notice of tenant’s rights under act
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-25,105
- 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
- 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
- Tenant: means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
(a) The landlord and tenant may include in a rental agreement terms and conditions not prohibited by this act or other rule of law including rent, term of the agreement and other provisions governing the rights and obligations of the parties.
(b) The tenant shall pay as rent the amount stated in the rental agreement. In the absence of a rental agreement, the tenant shall pay as rent the fair rental value for the use and occupancy of the mobile home space.
(c) Rent shall be payable without demand or notice at the time and place agreed upon by the parties. Unless otherwise agreed periodic rent is payable at the beginning of any term and thereafter in equal monthly installments. Rent shall be uniformly apportionable from day to day.
(d) Rental agreements shall be a month-to-month tenancy unless otherwise specified in the rental agreement. Upon the expiration of such agreement, if a new agreement is not executed, the tenancy shall be month-to-month. Except as provided in the written rental agreement, month-to-month tenancies shall be canceled by at least 60 days’ written notice given by either party.
(e) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, improvements, except a natural lawn, purchased and installed by a tenant on a mobile home space shall remain the property of the tenant even though affixed to or in the ground and may be removed or disposed of by the tenant prior to the termination of the tenancy, provided that a tenant shall leave the mobile home space in substantially the same or better condition than upon taking possession.
(f) In any rental agreement entered into between a landlord and tenant in a mobile home park where five or more mobile homes are harbored, such rental agreement shall contain a notice that specifies that the tenant has certain rights under the mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act and copies of the act may be obtained from the landlord upon the request of the tenant.