- The KRLTA is designed to protect the landlord and the employee.for sale or lease image by Keith Frith from Fotolia.com
Kansas has created and enforced its own statutes called the Kansas Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (KRLTA). This act defines the laws and regulations regarding residential lease agreements. The KRLTA defines the duties the tenant and landlord must fulfill while the lease is in effect. These duties include rent, security deposits and maintenance. - Kansas enforces unwritten rental agreements.firma contract 20309 image by pablo from Fotolia.com
Kansas mandates rental agreements include certain provisions such as rent, length of the agreement and all obligations of both parties. In the absence of a rental agreement, the tenant can pay the fair rental value for the lease unit, pay rent without demanding notice of payment from the landlord and have the term be month-to-month. - The KRLTA requires the landlord to maintain the residential building and units.builder on ladder image by Cherry-Merry from Fotolia.com
KRLTA §58-2553 details obligations of the landlord such as following all the housing and building codes regarding the health, safety and well-being of all tenants, maintaining all common areas, repairing electrical and plumbing damages, supplying hot water and providing waste receptacles in common areas of the building. The landlord is required to follow all the provisions and rules of the statute unless the situation is beyond the landlord's control such as a natural disaster or occurrence. - KRTLA requires the tenant to perform certain duties.contract image by Valentin Mosichev from Fotolia.com
The KRLTA §58-2555 also details required obligations of tenants such as removing all garbage from the leased unit, keeping a sanitary unit, refraining from incurring any refraining from incurring any damage to the unit, interrupting other tenants' quiet enjoyment of their leased space and maintaining plumbing fixtures to prevent mold.
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