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How long before eviction in Kansas?
Tenant protection: Weak4 of 9 checked
Last verified 2026-09-23Law change in effect or pending. Substitute for House Bill 2357 took effect July 1, 2026. It lets a tenant ask the court to expunge an eviction case record after three years (K.S.A. 61-3809). In an eviction under the residential landlord and tenant act, the court shall consider mediation unless it finds mediation would not aid the parties materially or is impracticable (K.S.A. 61-3806). If the parties are in mediation, the court shall order a continuance of not more than 14 days from the date of the mediation order (K.S.A. 61-3807). Some online copies of the Kansas statutes do not show these changes yet.
From notice to removal
Each stage has its own timing. A landlord notice alone does not authorize removal.
- 01Notice
3 calendar days
- 02Court stage
Timing not verified
- 03Writ wait
Timing not verified
- 04Removal
Enforcement follows a court order
At a glance
- Grace period before a late fee
- Not verified
- Late fee cap
- Not verified
- Pay-or-quit notice
- 3 calendar days
- Recorded court-stage timing
- Not verified
- Wait before the writ can be executed
- Not verified
- Can paying stop it before judgment?
- Yes
- Can paying stop it after judgment?
- Not verified
- Lockouts without a court order banned?
- Yes
- Record sealing available?
- Yes
- Right to counsel
- Not verified
- Fastest lawful timeline
- 7 daysNot independently verified. Figure from the Eviction Research Network's state eviction timeframes dataset, as of 2026-07-13. We have not yet checked it against the statutes.
A lease cannot waive or shorten this three-day notice; state law voids any rental-agreement term that gives up a tenant's rights under the residential landlord and tenant act. The three days run as three consecutive 24-hour periods starting at delivery, and weekends, holidays and days the courthouse is closed still count toward it. If the landlord mails the notice instead of delivering or posting it, the tenant gets two more days. A separate three-day notice to leave the premises, required before the eviction lawsuit itself is filed, may be combined with this notice. Kansas law sets no different notice period for a tenant's first late payment, and no city notice overlay was found for this record.
State law does not let a landlord remove or lock out a tenant, or shut off utilities such as electric, gas or water, without going through the court. A landlord who does this anyway is liable to the tenant for possession or for an amount equal to one and one-half months' rent or the tenant's actual damages, whichever is greater, and if the tenant ends the lease over it the landlord must also return the tenant's security deposit.
Not legal advice. This page reports what the state statute says as of the last-verified date. It does not describe how a particular court applies it, and it does not account for your lease, local ordinances, or the facts of your case. If you have received a notice or a court summons, contact a legal aid organization listed below.
Can I stop it by paying?
Before judgment: Yes. A landlord who has not been paid rent when due must give written notice of nonpayment and of intent to terminate the rental agreement. If the tenant pays the rent within three days after that notice, the rental agreement is not terminated.
After judgment: Not verified.
Behind on utilities in Kansas too? See Kansas's shutoff protection rules.
Where to get help
Sources
- K.S.A. 58-2564(b). The landlord may terminate the rental agreement if rent is unpaid when due and the tenant fails to pay within three days after written notice of nonpayment and intent to terminate.
- K.S.A. 61-3808(b). The writ of restitution must be executed within 14 days after the officer named in it receives it; the statute does not set a minimum wait before it may be executed.
- K.S.A. 58-2563. If the landlord unlawfully removes or excludes the tenant from the premises, the tenant may recover possession or terminate the rental agreement and recover an amount not more than one and one-half months' periodic rent or the tenant's actual damages, whichever is greater. If the tenant ends the rental agreement, the landlord must also return the tenant's recoverable security deposit.
- K.S.A. 61-3805; 61-3807(a). The summons sets an appearance date three to 14 days after the summons is issued, and if a trial is needed it must be held within 14 days after that appearance date. No single deadline runs from the filing itself to judgment.
- Thomas, Tim, and the Eviction Research Network (2026). Time to evict: State statutory eviction timelines (verified edition, July 2026) [Data set]. Eviction Research Network, University of California, Berkeley.
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