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Seasonal RV site agreements in Kansas

What Kansas law says about seasonal and annual RV guests, sub-metered electricity, sales tax and online signatures — and the clauses your agreement should carry because of it. Written for park owners, not lawyers.

Guest or tenant?Kansas' landlord-tenant act excludes 'transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or rooming house' but does not mention campgrounds, RVs, or a day threshold.
Metered electricNo Kansas statute or KCC rule specific to landlord or campground electric submetering was found; K.S.A.
Sales / lodging taxKansas sales tax and the local transient guest tax are written around 'sleeping rooms' in hotels/motels/tourist courts; Department of Revenue Publication KS-1540 does not address campsites or RV pads, and no guidance treating bare site rent as taxable was found.
Signing onlineUniform Electronic Transactions Act (K.S.A. 16-1601 et seq.)

Short version. Details, citations and sources are below.

Is a seasonal guest a tenant in Kansas?

Kansas' landlord-tenant act excludes 'transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or rooming house' but does not mention campgrounds, RVs, or a day threshold. The mobile-home-park act is written for mobile homes on rented lots and does not address RVs. A seasonal RV guest is therefore in a gray area: short recreational stays look like transient lodging, while a year-round occupant paying monthly rent may be a residential tenant.

What that means for notices and removal

Not specifically addressed. If the occupant is a tenant: 30 days' written notice for month-to-month (K.S.A. 58-2570), 3-day notice for nonpayment (§ 58-2564), then a forcible detainer action in district court.

Cite: K.S.A. 58-2540 et seq. (exclusions at § 58-2541); K.S.A. 58-25,100 et seq.

Sub-metering electricity to RV sites in Kansas

No Kansas statute or KCC rule specific to landlord or campground electric submetering was found; K.S.A. 66-104 does not exempt or address utility resale to tenants. Industry sources say submetering is 'largely allowed' but that KCC-regulated electric providers may prohibit it by tariff, so check the serving utility or cooperative before billing per kWh and do not mark up.

Sales and lodging tax on seasonal sites in Kansas

Kansas sales tax and the local transient guest tax are written around 'sleeping rooms' in hotels/motels/tourist courts; Department of Revenue Publication KS-1540 does not address campsites or RV pads, and no guidance treating bare site rent as taxable was found. Transient guest tax stops after 28 consecutive days; sales tax on sleeping rooms continues regardless of length. Confirm treatment of site rent with KDOR.

Cite: K.S.A. 79-3603(g); K.S.A. 12-1692 et seq.; KDOR Pub. KS-1540

Signing agreements online in Kansas

Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Electronic signatures are valid for seasonal site agreements when the guest agrees to sign electronically, intends to sign, and the record is kept in a form that can be reproduced and shown not to have changed. Seasonal Sites records the signer’s typed name, email, time, IP address and a SHA-256 fingerprint of the exact text signed, and stores the signed PDF.

Cite: K.S.A. 16-1601 et seq.

Clauses to include in a Kansas seasonal agreement

These are added on top of the eleven sections in the free template. Adjust the bracketed parts and have a local attorney read the result.

Recreational use, not a residence"The Site is licensed for recreational use only. The Guest maintains a permanent residence elsewhere at the address above, and the Site is not the Guest’s primary residence. Nothing in this agreement creates a residential tenancy." In this state the line between a recreational guest and a residential tenant is what decides which removal process applies, so say it plainly and keep the guest’s home address on file.
Notice periodMatch the notice periods in your termination section to the ones the state uses (30-day notice appears in the rules summarized above) rather than inventing shorter ones; a shorter contractual notice is not enforceable where the statute sets a floor.
Metered electricityBill metered electricity at your actual utility cost and say so in the agreement; where a state or utility tariff speaks to resale, at-cost pass-through is the safe harbor everywhere we looked.
Electronic signature consent"The Guest consents to sign this agreement electronically and to receive invoices, receipts and notices by email at the address above." Keep the signer name, email, date/time, IP address and a fingerprint of the signed text.

Your state association is a good second opinion on all of this: Kansas Association of RV Parks & Campgrounds.

Get the free seasonal site agreement template

Eleven plain-English sections, Word and PDF, with bracketed fields to fill in. Then paste the Kansas clauses above into it.

Or skip the paperwork entirely

Seasonal Sites takes this same agreement, fills in each guest’s name, site, rate and dates, emails them a link to sign on their phone, puts the installments on autopay, bills metered electric from your readings, and keeps the signed PDF with the audit record. Renewals for the whole park go out in one click. It works beside whatever reservation system you already use.

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Sources

This page summarizes public sources as of September 2026 for park owners and is not legal or tax advice. Statutes, tariffs and tax rules change; confirm anything you rely on with the agency or an attorney licensed in Kansas. Found an error? Email hello@seasonalsites.com.