# K.S.A. § 58-2543: 58-2543 - Definitions > Kansas · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-2543 ## Section - **Citation:** K.S.A. § 58-2543 - **Heading:** 58-2543 - Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Kansas - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** KS Code / Chapter 58 / Article 25 / Section 58-2543 ## Text 58-2543. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Action" includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. (b) "Building and housing codes" includes any law, ordinance or governmental regulation concerning fitness for habitation, or the construction, maintenance, operation, occupancy, use or appearance of any premises or dwelling unit. (c) "Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household; but such term shall not include real property used to accommodate a manufactured home or mobile home, unless such manufactured home or mobile home is rented or leased by the landlord. (d) "Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned. (e) "Landlord" means the owner, lessor or sublessor of the dwelling unit, or the building of which it is a part, and it also means a manager of the premises who fails to disclose as required by K.S.A. 58-2551 and amendments thereto. (f) "Organization" includes a corporation, government, governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal or commercial entity. (g) "Owner" means one or more persons, jointly or severally, in whom is vested: (1) All or part of the legal title to property; or (2) all or part of the beneficial ownership and a right to prevent use and enjoyment of the premises; and such term includes a mortgagee in possession. (h) "Person" includes an individual or organization. (i) "Premises" means a dwelling unit and the structure of which it is a part and facilities and appurtenances therein and grounds, areas and facilities held out for the use of tenants generally or the use of which is promised to the tenant. (j) "Rent" means all payments to be made to the landlord under the rental agreement, other than the security deposit. (k) "Rental agreement" means all agreements, written or oral, and valid rules and regulations adopted under K.S.A. 58-2556 and amendments thereto, embodying the terms and conditions concerning the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit and premise. (l) "Roomer" means a person occupying a dwelling unit that lacks a major bathroom and kitchen facility, in a structure where one or more major facilities are used in common by occupants of the dwelling unit and other dwelling units. As used herein, a major bathroom facility means a toilet, and either a bath or shower, and a major kitchen facility means a refrigerator, stove and sink. (m) "Security deposit" means any sum of money specified in a rental agreement, however denominated, to be deposited with a landlord by a tenant as a condition precedent to the occupancy of a dwelling unit, which sum of money, or any part thereof, may be forfeited by the tenant under the terms of the rental agreement upon the occurrence or breach of conditions specified therein. (n) "Single family residence" means a structure maintained and used as a single dwelling unit. Notwithstanding that a dwelling unit shares one or more walls with another dwelling unit, it is a single family residence if it has direct access to a street or thoroughfare and shares neither heating facilities, hot water equipment, nor any other essential facility or service with any other dwelling unit. (o) "Tenant" means a person entitled under a rental agreement to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others. ## Nearby sections - [K.S.A. § 58-25,100 58-25,100 - Citation of act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C100.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,101 58-25,101 - Application of act, exclusions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C101.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,102 58-25,102 - Jurisdiction of courts; procedure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C102.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,103 58-25,103 - Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C103.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,104 58-25,104 - Finding of unconscionability, remedies; evidence.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C104.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,105 58-25,105 - Terms and conditions of rental agreement; terms and conditions in absence of rental agreement; notice of tenant's rights under act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C105.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,106 58-25,106 - Prohibited terms and conditions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C106.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,107 58-25,107 - Receipt of rent subject to certain obligations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C107.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,108 58-25,108 - Security deposits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C108.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,109 58-25,109 - Disclosures required of landlord or person authorized to enter rental agreement; person failing to comply becomes landlord's agent for certain purposes; rental agreement not signed and delivered given effect by certain actions, limitation on term; explanation of utility rates and charges; written notice of rent increase.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C109.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,110 58-25,110 - Delivery of possession of mobile home space; action for possession; damages.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C110.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,111 58-25,111 - Duties of landlord.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C111.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,112 58-25,112 - Conveyance by landlord or termination by manager; notice; no liability for subsequent events.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C112.md) - [K.S.A. § 58-25,113 58-25,113 - Duties of tenant.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-25%2C113.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_KS_C58_A25_S58-2543. 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