Kansas Notice to Vacate Rules
Kansas rules on notice to vacate for renters and landlords, with the statute or official page behind each answer. Last verified: 2026-10-22.
Short answer: Either party: written notice terminating on a periodic rent-paying date at least 30 days after receipt. Week-to-week: at least 7 days. Tenants on military orders need give no more than 15 days' notice. K.S.A. 58-2570(a)-(b)
The rules in Kansas
| Ending a month-to-month lease | Either party: written notice terminating on a periodic rent-paying date at least 30 days after receipt. Week-to-week: at least 7 days. Tenants on military orders need give no more than 15 days' notice. Landlord-provided move-out forms that add terms not in the lease must carry a boldface warning or the added terms do not bind the tenant (58-2570(e)). Source: K.S.A. 58-2570(a)-(b) |
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Kansas vs. neighboring states
| State | Ending a month-to-month lease |
|---|---|
| Kansas | Either party: written notice terminating on a periodic rent-paying date at least 30 days after receipt. Week-to-week: at least 7 days. Tenants on military orders need give no more than 15 days' notice. K.S.A. 58-2570(a)-(b) |
| Colorado | For tenants covered by the for-cause eviction law (generally after 12 months of tenancy), the landlord may not end the tenancy without cause. No-fault grounds (demolition or conversion, substantial repairs, owner or family move-in, sale, refusal to sign a new lease with reasonable terms, or repeated late rent) require at least 90 days' written notice. For exempt tenancies, and for tenant-given notice, a month-to-month tenancy (at least one month but less than six) needs 21 days' notice. Tenancies of six months to under a year need 28 days, and tenancies of one year or longer need 91 days. C.R.S. §§ 38-12-1301 to 38-12-1303; 13-40-107 |
| Missouri | Either landlord or tenant may terminate with written notice setting a termination date that falls on a periodic rent-paying date at least one month after the notice is received. Unwritten city/town residential leases are month-to-month. RSMo 441.060.3-.4(1) |
| Nebraska | Either party: written notice at least 30 days before the periodic rental date specified in the notice. Week-to-week: at least 7 days' written notice. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-1437 |
| Oklahoma | Month-to-month or tenancy at will: at least 30 days' written notice by either landlord or tenant. Tenancies shorter than month-to-month (e.g., week-to-week): at least 7 days' written notice by either party. 41 O.S. § 111(A), (B), (E) |
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Kansas Notice to Vacate Rules FAQ
How much notice is needed to end a month-to-month lease in Kansas?
Either party: written notice terminating on a periodic rent-paying date at least 30 days after receipt. Week-to-week: at least 7 days. Tenants on military orders need give no more than 15 days' notice. (K.S.A. 58-2570(a)-(b))
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