Kansas Statutes Annotated

K.S.A. § 58-2501 (2026)

Tenants at will; terms of lease in certain cases

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58-2501. Tenants at will; terms of lease in certain cases. Any person in the possession of real property with the assent of the owner is presumed to be a tenant at will, unless the contrary is shown except as herein otherwise provided. Where a landlord is renting farms in large numbers and a total acreage in excess of five thousand acres, and has tenants in excess of ten or more, and by the lease requires such tenants to erect or own and maintain substantially all of the buildings and improvements on the farm, such lease shall contain just and fair provisions for the free sale and transfer of such buildings and improvements, or the purchase thereof by the landlord, without requiring the tenant to remove the same from the land.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 55, § 1; R.S. 1923, 67-501; L. 1925, ch. 208, § 1; May 28.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2024 · leading case: In re the Est. of Sauder, 156 P.3d 1204 (Kan. 2007).
In re the Est. of Sauder, 156 P.3d 1204 (Kan. 2007). “Article 25 of Chapter 58, K.S.A. 58-2501 et seq., which deals generally with nonresidential landlord and tenant relationships, is sprinkled with other provisions creating special rules for farm sharecrop leaseholds.”
State v. Gutierrez-Fuentes, 508 P.3d 378 (Kan. 2022). “A. 58-2501, which states: "Any person in the possession of real property with the assent of the owner is presumed to be a tenant at will, unless the contrary is shown .”
Buckle v. Caylor, 700 P.2d 979 (Kan. Ct. App. 1985). “Buckle contends that summary judgment is inappropriate because material controverted questions of fact remain and also that the trial court erred in interpreting and applying the statutory law (K.S.A. 58-2501 et seq.) governing farm tenancies.”
Edwards v. Klinedinst, No. 2:23-cv-02148 (D. Kan. July 22, 2024). · cites it 2× “§ 58-2501 et seq. Chapter 61 of the Kansas statutes governed the applicable procedure.”
Aracely Vazquez, No. 18-12278 (Bankr. D. Kan. Oct. 17, 2019). “In that sense, Horacio abandoned the family homestead.”
Aracely Vazquez, No. 18-12278 (Bankr. D. Kan. Oct. 17, 2019). “In that sense, Horacio abandoned the family homestead.”
Horacio Vazquez, No. 18-12277 (Bankr. D. Kan. Oct. 17, 2019). “In that sense, Horacio abandoned the family homestead.”
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