Unlawful acts.

Kansas City Code § 56-807

in effect

Sec. 56-807. - Unlawful acts. (a) Registration violation. It shall be a violation of this article to fail to timely register, to provide inaccurate, false or fraudulent registration information required in this article, or to provide or operate as a short-term rental any dwelling unit at any period of time during which such unit is unregistered, deregistered or not in compliance with this article's registration requirements. (b) Failure to maintain primary residence. For any dwelling unit registered as a resident short-term rental pursuant to section 56-803(2)d. or 56-812(b)(2)a., it shall be unlawful to offer, provide or operate a short-term rental within such dwelling unit without the registrant maintaining their primary residence on the parcel where such dwelling unit is located. (c) Advertising violation. It shall be a violation of this article to advertise any dwelling unit for short-term rental that either (1) is not in compliance with this article's registration requirements or (2) does not display on the face of such advertisement the registration number issued by the city pursuant to section 56-803 or 56-812. (d) Unlawful transactions. It shall be a violation of this article for any booking service provider to receive payment, directly or indirectly, for a short-term rental located in the city that is not registered pursuant to this article, The absence of a short-term rental on the city's publicly available list of registered short-term rentals, as provided in section 56-808, shall be prima facie evidence that such short-term rental is not registered with the city pursuant to this article. However, no booking service provider shall be in violation of this subsection for any short-term rental transaction occurring fewer than two days after such short-term rental was removed from city's publicly available list of registered short-term rentals. In addition to obtaining notice from the publicly available list of registered short-term rentals, a booking service provider may request in writing that city send, as a courtesy, individual notice to the booking service provider upon the removal of any short-term rental from the city's registry, by sending such written request to the director via certified mail, and identifying by full name, mailing address and email address the agent of the booking service provider to whom such notice is requested to be sent. The failure of the city to issue such individual notice to a booking service provider upon request, however, shall not relieve the booking service provider of any violations, penalties or liabilities that may be imposed under this article. (e) Failure to comply with safety, legal or tax requirements. It shall be a violation of this article to offer, provide or operate a short-term rental without maintaining any of the conditions, or compliance with any of the requirements, that must be certified by the registrant pursuant to section 56-803(2)h. or 56-812(b)(2). (f) Records. It shall be a violation of this article for any person or entity to fail to comply with section 56-808. (Ord. No. 250965, § 1, 11-13-25)

Source: City of Kansas City, Missouri, Code of Ordinances, Charter and Zoning and Development Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mo/kansas_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORKAMIVOII_CH56PRMACO_ARTVIIISHRMRERE_S56-807UNACFetched: 10/28/2026