Kansas Statutes 58-2559. Material noncompliance by landlord; notice; termination of rental agreement; limitations; remedies; security deposit
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-2559
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Good faith: means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. 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
- Person: includes an individual or organization. See Kansas Statutes 58-2543
- Premises: means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is a part and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or the use of which is promised to the tenant. 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
- 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) Except as otherwise provided in this act, if there is a material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or a noncompliance with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2553 materially affecting health and safety, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifying the acts and omissions constituting the breach and that the rental agreement will terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than thirty (30) days after receipt of the notice. The rental agreement shall terminate as provided in the notice, subject to the following:
(1) If the breach is remediable by repairs or the payment of damages or otherwise, and the landlord adequately initiates a good faith effort to remedy the breach within fourteen (14) days after receipt of the notice, the rental agreement shall not terminate. However, in the event that the same or a similar breach occurs after the fourteen-day period provided herein, the tenant may deliver a written notice to the landlord specifically describing the breach and stating that the rental agreement shall terminate upon a periodic rent-paying date not less than thirty (30) days after the receipt of such notice by the landlord. The rental agreement then shall terminate as provided in such notice.
(2) The tenant may not terminate for a condition caused by an act or omission of, or which is or can be properly attributable or applicable to, the tenant or any person or animal or pet on the premises at any time with the tenant’s express or implied permission or consent.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the tenant may recover damages and obtain injunctive relief for any noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement or Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2553. The remedy provided in this subsection shall be in addition to any right of the tenant arising under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) If the rental agreement is terminated, the landlord shall return that portion of the security deposit recoverable by the tenant under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2550.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not limit a landlord’s or tenant’s right to terminate the rental agreement pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 58-2570, and amendments thereto.