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Kansas 3-Day Notice
Download the Kansas 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease for ordinary residential nonpayment under K.S.A. 58-2564(b), combined with the K.S.A. 61-3803 notice to leave premises before a forcible detainer filing. Kansas’s trap is the old “3-or-5-day” shorthand: this is one three-day notice, computed as three consecutive 24-hour periods, with a two-day mailing extension when the notice is mailed. Four editable Word files help you complete the tenant notice, instructions, service/payment record, and #10 envelope companion.
This Kansas nonpayment packet helps document unpaid rent, the combined K.S.A. 58-2564(b) and K.S.A. 61-3803 notice language, exact delivery or mailing time, the two-day mailing extension where used, payment tenders, waiver issues, and records a landlord should keep before deciding whether a forcible detainer filing is the next step.
Built around K.S.A. 58-2564(b), with fields for tenant and property details, unpaid rent, payment deadline, payment instructions, and landlord signature.
All four files are editable Microsoft Word documents. Complete and serve only the tenant notice; keep the instructions and service/payment record for landlord records and proof, and use the #10 envelope for addressing and mailing.
Use the instructions and service/payment record to document K.S.A. 61-3803 delivery, apply the two-day mailing extension when mailing is used, and track payment tenders that may create waiver issues.
This product includes four editable Microsoft Word files: the 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease, Kansas Notice Instructions, Notice Service, Payment, and Prefiling Record, and #10 Mailing Envelope. Serve the completed tenant notice; keep the other files as landlord guidance and records.
Self-help notice overview
A written Kansas 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease helps document ordinary residential nonpayment under K.S.A. 58-2564(b), including the landlord, tenant, premises, unpaid rent, exact service or mailing timing, payment deadline, and records to keep before any forcible detainer filing.
The packet combines the K.S.A. 58-2564(b) nonpayment/intention-to-terminate notice with the K.S.A. 61-3803 notice to leave premises. It does not sell a separate 5-day notice; mailing adds two days to the deadline calculation inside the Kansas 3-day notice workflow.
A notice is not a completed eviction judgment. If rent is not timely paid and the tenant remains in possession, a landlord may still need to file and prove a forcible detainer case before possession can change.
This page highlights the current downloadable Kansas 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease package, including the four editable Word files included with this product. The state-specific guidance below explains K.S.A. 58-2564(b) nonpayment notice language, K.S.A. 61-3803 combined notice-to-leave language, three consecutive 24-hour periods, the two-day mailing extension, payment/waiver records, court-stage limits, and no-self-help considerations before checkout.
The complete Kansas 3-Day Notice package is available immediately after checkout. Use the state-specific guidance below to apply the two-day mailing extension when mailing is used, keep the combined K.S.A. 58-2564(b) and K.S.A. 61-3803 notice language straight, document payment tenders and waiver issues, and preserve companion records before serving or filing.
Reviewed against the Kansas statutes and court resources linked below.
Primary Kansas statutes and court self-help sources are linked for self-help research. Confirm the lease, rent ledger, exact service or mailing time, waiver or course-of-dealing issues, public/subsidized/federal overlays, SCRA or bankruptcy status, manufactured-home facts, and current district court practice before serving or filing.
Quick answer
Use this Kansas 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease for ordinary residential nonpayment under K.S.A. 58-2564(b). The packet combines the nonpayment/intention-to-terminate notice with the K.S.A. 61-3803 notice to leave premises and treats mailing as a three-day notice plus a two-day mailing extension, not a separate 5-day product.
Kansas nonpayment under K.S.A. 58-2564(b) turns on written notice of nonpayment and the landlord’s intention to terminate the rental agreement if rent is not paid within three days. The statute says the three-day notice period is three consecutive 24-hour periods.
When the notice is mailed, Kansas adds two days from the date of mailing. The counsel-approved packet keeps that as a deadline calculation inside one Kansas 3-Day Notice package, rather than reviving the legacy “3-or-5-day notice” identity.
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It is a Kansas 3-Day Notice to Pay Rent or Terminate Lease. Kansas uses three consecutive 24-hour periods under K.S.A. 58-2564(b). If the notice is mailed, Kansas law allows two additional days from the date of mailing before treating the payment and prefiling deadlines as expired. The mailing extension does not make this a separate 5-day product.
Yes. This packet combines the K.S.A. 58-2564(b) nonpayment/intention-to-terminate notice with the K.S.A. 61-3803 notice to leave premises before a forcible detainer lawsuit. Section 61-3803 says the notice to leave may be combined with a Kansas Residential Landlord and Tenant Act notice.
For personal delivery, delivery to a person over age 12 residing on the premises, or posting, the three consecutive 24-hour periods start at the time of delivery or posting. If the notice is mailed, allow the additional two days from the date of mailing before treating the deadline as expired.
K.S.A. 61-3803 says intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days when the clerk’s office is not accessible are included in the notice-period computation. A landlord still needs to file only when the court can accept filings and should confirm local practice when timing is close.
Use the combined-notice sequence in K.S.A. 61-3803: leave a written copy with the tenant, leave it with a person over age 12 residing on the premises, post conspicuously if no such person is found, or mail it to the tenant at the premises address. Keep proof of the exact date, time, method, and copy served.
State unpaid rent cleanly. K.S.A. 58-2543(j) defines rent as payments under the rental agreement other than the security deposit, but the packet separates lease-required charges and tells the landlord to include them in the demanded total only if Kansas counsel approves. Keep security deposits, damages, future rent, court costs, attorney fees, service fees, and disputed non-rent charges out of the tenant demand unless counsel approves.
Full payment within the deadline cures this nonpayment notice. Partial, late, disputed, or conditional payments can create waiver issues under K.S.A. 58-2566, so the packet includes a payment/tender log and directs landlords to get Kansas counsel advice before accepting, rejecting, or filing.
No. The notice is not an eviction order. If rent is not timely paid and the tenant remains in possession, the landlord generally must file and prove a forcible detainer case. Petition, summons, trial, judgment, writ of restitution, and authorized-officer execution are court-stage steps and are not included in this prefiling notice packet.
The old shorthand can make mailing look like a separate form. This packet uses one combined Kansas 3-day notice with the two-day mailing extension, K.S.A. 61-3803 notice-to-leave language, service/payment/prefiling records, and waiver and no-self-help warnings in one workflow.