What happens if a tenant breaks a lease in Kansas?

In Kansas, if a tenant abandons the dwelling unit, the landlord must make reasonable efforts to rent it at a fair rental. If the landlord fails to use reasonable efforts to rent the unit at a fair rental, or accepts the abandonment as a surrender, the rental agreement is deemed terminated by the landlord as of the date the landlord has notice of the abandonment. A landlord may assume the tenant has abandoned the unit when the tenant is 10 days in default for nonpayment of rent and has removed a substantial portion of the tenant’s belongings, unless the tenant has notified the landlord to the contrary. Separately, federal law lets a servicemember end a lease early after receiving qualifying military orders. This is K.S.A. 58-2565.

WhatKansas
Landlord’s duty to re-rentRequired by statute
What it meansThe landlord must make reasonable efforts to re-rent

Source

K.S.A. 58-2565

Read the statute in the Kansas Statutes (Kansas Revisor of Statutes): ksrevisor.gov.

Checked against the statute on November 13, 2026.

This is a summary of a published statute, not legal advice. Rules change, local ordinances can add to them, and the terms of a specific lease may differ. Check the citation and speak to a lawyer before acting.

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