Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.

Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2666
By Representative Xu
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AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring
certain disclosures be made to prospective tenants; providing
restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) A landlord may charge a reasonable late fee for the late
payment of rent as set forth in a rental agreement. Such fee shall:
(1) Not exceed 5% of the amount of the periodic rent;
(2) not be increased based upon a late fee that was previously
imposed; and
(3) only be charged after the tenant is allowed a minimum of five
days after the date that the rent is due to remit payment.
(b) Before a landlord accepts an application fee or any other payment
from a prospective tenant, the landlord shall disclose, in writing, as part of
the application or a written summary to the prospective tenant:
(1) A good faith estimate of the rent amount and the amount of each
fixed, non-rent expense that is part of the rental agreement;
(2) the type of each use-based, non-rent expense that is part of the
rental agreement;
(3) the day on which the dwelling unit is scheduled to be available;
and
(4) the criteria that the landlord will consider in determining the
prospective tenant's eligibility as a tenant in the dwelling unit, including
criteria related to the prospective tenant's criminal history, credit, income,
employment or rental history.
(c) (1) If a landlord violates subsection (a), the tenant or prospective
tenant shall be released from any rental agreement that was signed,
without penalty.
(2) If a landlord violates subsection (b):
(A) The tenant or prospective tenant shall be released from any rental
agreement that was signed, without penalty; and
(B) the landlord shall return to a prospective tenant any money that
was paid to the landlord related to the dwelling unit including any
application fee, security deposit or rent, and shall pay a penalty to the
prospective tenant in an amount equal to the total amount of money paid to
the landlord related to the dwelling unit.
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(d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the residential
landlord and tenant act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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