Room Rental Agreement in Kansas

For renting a room in a home, including your own home. Some states treat a renter in the owner's home (a lodger) differently when ending the arrangement — see your state's household rules.

What Kansas law says

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)	No separate lodger statute. Kansas defines a "roomer" as someone occupying a unit lacking a major bathroom and kitchen facility, where major facilities are shared with other units. Only transient occupancy in a rooming house is excluded from the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, so a non-transient roomer is generally covered. Source: K.S.A. 58-2543(l), 58-2541(d)
Tenancy at will	Any person in possession of real property with the owner's assent is presumed to be a tenant at will unless shown otherwise. Either party must give 30 days' written notice to end a tenancy at will, or a periodic tenancy of three months or less; if rent is payable at intervals under 30 days, the notice need not be longer than the interval. Employer-provided housing ends 10 days after written notice. Under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, a month-to-month tenancy is ended by written notice at least 30 days before a periodic rent-paying date (K.S.A. 58-2570). Source: K.S.A. 58-2501, 58-2504

Renting a room in your own home (lodgers)

No separate lodger statute. Kansas defines a "roomer" as someone occupying a unit lacking a major bathroom and kitchen facility, where major facilities are shared with other units. Only transient occupancy in a rooming house is excluded from the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, so a non-transient roomer is generally covered.

Source: K.S.A. 58-2543(l), 58-2541(d)

Tenancy at will

Any person in possession of real property with the owner's assent is presumed to be a tenant at will unless shown otherwise. Either party must give 30 days' written notice to end a tenancy at will, or a periodic tenancy of three months or less; if rent is payable at intervals under 30 days, the notice need not be longer than the interval. Employer-provided housing ends 10 days after written notice.

Under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, a month-to-month tenancy is ended by written notice at least 30 days before a periodic rent-paying date (K.S.A. 58-2570).

Source: K.S.A. 58-2501, 58-2504

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ROOM RENTAL AGREEMENT

Owner/landlord: [owner name] Renter: [renter name]

Room: [room description] in the home at [home address]. Shared areas the renter may use: [shared areas].

Term: begins [start date]; [ends on end date / continues month to month].

Rent: $[monthly rent] due on [due day] by [payment method]. Deposit: $[deposit amount].

Utilities included: [utilities included]. House rules: [house rules, e.g. guests, kitchen use, smoking].

Ending the agreement: either side gives at least [notice period] written notice, and never less than state law requires.

Signatures and dates: [signatures]

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