Step 1
Start with the free screening; no card is needed. A few questions cover where you rent, the animal and the support it gives you. It filters rather than decides, and tells you whether a consultation is worth booking.
Kansas · KS
ESA letter Kansas: a Kansas-licensed clinician and your housing rights without an ESA statute
Yes. You can get an emotional support animal letter in Kansas, and no statute here adds a wait: none mentions ESAs, so nothing fixes a relationship length, a session count or a face-to-face meeting. The housing right is a reasonable-accommodation request under K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B) and the federal FHA. A clinician licensed in Kansas evaluates you live, and not everyone qualifies. If you do, the signed PDF usually arrives within 24 to 48 hours. The price is $99.
5bills
for an ESA housing law were filed from 2019 to 2023, and all five died; none was filed in 2025–26
HB 2152, HB 2523, SB 360, S Sub HB 2057, SB 17050per cent of a month's rent
is the most a pet deposit can add where the lease allows pets
K.S.A. 58-2550(a)1year
to bring a housing complaint to the Kansas Human Rights Commission
K.S.A. 44-1019(a)2years
to sue under the state act, with time spent on a KHRC case left out of the count
K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)Kansas, with the capital marked
Kansas at a glance
The 7 things a renter in Kansas needs to know.
Each answer is one line, with the section of Kansas law it comes from. The detail is further down the page.
- 01
Is there a Kansas statute for emotional support animals?
No. No statute or regulation in the state uses the phrase. Every ESA housing bill since 2019 died: HB 2152, HB 2523, SB 360, S Sub for HB 2057 and SB 170 (2023–24), the last in committee in April 2024. None was filed in 2025–26. Your right rests on the general accommodation clause of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B)) and on the federal FHA.
K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B) - 02
Do I have to wait 30 days or attend several sessions first?
No. Neither a statute nor a KHRC rule sets a relationship length, a session count, an in-person visit or an expiry date for the letter. The Kansas Telemedicine Act says telemedicine "may be used to establish a valid provider-patient relationship" and holds it to in-person standards (K.S.A. 40-2,212(b)–(c)). A questionnaire on its own does not meet the definition of telemedicine (K.S.A. 40-2,211(a)(5)).
K.S.A. 40-2,212(b)–(c) - 03
Who may write an ESA letter for a renter in Kansas?
Someone authorised to practise where you are during the call. That can be a Kansas licensee; a social worker needs the clinical LSCSW licence to diagnose independently (K.S.A. 65-6319). It can also be a psychologist with PSYPACT telepsychology authority (K.S.A. 74-5352), or a physician with a Kansas licence or a Board of Healing Arts telemedicine waiver (K.S.A. 65-28,135). Practising social work for pay without a Kansas licence is a class B misdemeanour (K.S.A. 65-6303(a), (d)).
K.S.A. 65-6303; 65-6319; 74-5352; 65-28,135 - 04
Can a landlord take a pet deposit or pet rent for an ESA?
State law does not stop it. The no-extra-charge statutes cover trained guide, hearing and service dogs, and a comfort dog is not one of them (K.S.A. 39-1108, 39-1113(f)). Ask for a waiver inside your accommodation request. Where the lease allows pets, the added pet deposit is capped at half a month's rent and comes back on the same terms as the main deposit (K.S.A. 58-2550(a)–(b)).
K.S.A. 58-2550(a) - 05
Do small landlords have to follow the state act?
Not all of them. Two groups are outside the act except for its advertising ban (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)). One is an owner of three or fewer single-family houses renting without a broker or rental business; the other is an owner living in a building of four or fewer units. The federal exemptions match (42 U.S.C. § 3603(b)), so those renters usually have no accommodation claim at all. Lawrence exempts fewer buildings (Lawrence City Code § 10-111.15(C)).
K.S.A. 44-1018(b) - 06
How long do I have to file a complaint?
One year from the last discriminatory act to file with the Kansas Human Rights Commission (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)). The statute calls for a verified complaint; KHRC asks for it signed and notarised, and charges no fee. You have two years to sue in state court, not counting time a KHRC case was pending, with actual and punitive damages and attorney fees available (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)). The 300-day figure some websites quote is an employment limit.
K.S.A. 44-1019(a); 44-1021(d) - 07
Can my emotional support dog come with me into shops or hotels?
No. Entry to public places, hotels and transport belongs to guide, hearing and service dogs that are "specially selected, trained and tested" (K.S.A. 39-1113(e)). The statute adds that a dog kept "for comfort, protection or personal defense" is not an assistance dog (K.S.A. 39-1113(f)). A clinician's letter is not the trainer's identification card or letter described in K.S.A. 39-1111. Since 2021 airlines may treat an ESA as a pet.
K.S.A. 39-1113(e)–(f)
Kansas law
Kansas has no ESA statute: your right is an accommodation request under K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B)
No Kansas statute mentions emotional support animals. Bills to create one were filed in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, and each died, the last (SB 170) in committee in April 2024. Your right therefore rests on one general clause of the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B)). It makes refusing "reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices or services" unlawful when the change may be needed for a person with a disability to use and enjoy a home. The federal FHA imposes the same duty. Disability means an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities (K.S.A. 44-1002(j)(1)). A covered landlord has to weigh your request on its merits; a no-pets rule is not an answer in itself. The statute lets a landlord turn away a tenancy that would directly threaten others' health or safety or cause substantial physical damage to others' property (K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(7)). Owners of three or fewer single-family houses renting without an agent, and owner-occupants of buildings with four or fewer units, sit outside the act (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)). Complaints go to the Kansas Human Rights Commission within one year (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)); a lawsuit has two years (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)).
Source: K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B) (Kansas Act Against Discrimination, housing; unchanged since L. 1992, ch. 142). This is general information, not legal advice.
ComplaintsKansas Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Topeka · 785-296-3206, toll-free intake 1-888-793-6874 · housing complaint within one year of the last discriminatory act (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)); court within two years (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1))PenaltyKansas has no ESA misrepresentation offence; falsely claiming a right to be accompanied by an assistance dog in a public place is a class A nonperson misdemeanour, up to one year in jail and a fine of up to 2,500 dollars (K.S.A. 39-1112, 21-6602, 21-6611)
The federal Fair Housing Act still recognises the accommodation, and you can still enforce it in court. Since May 2026, HUD itself has stopped pursuing complaints about untrained emotional support animals, so in practice your protection comes from Kansas law and the Kansas Human Rights Commission.
“when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy residential real property”
Federal vs Kansas
Where the federal Fair Housing Act stops and Kansas law takes over.
| Topic | Federal (Fair Housing Act) | Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Fees and deposits | Neither 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) nor 24 C.F.R. § 100.204 mentions fees. HUD withdrew its no-fee guidance effective 17 September 2025, so a waiver is part of what you ask for. | No ESA fee ban; request a waiver under K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B). Where pets are permitted, the extra pet deposit is capped at half a month's rent and refunded like any deposit (K.S.A. 58-2550(a)–(b)). The no-extra-charge rule is for trained guide, hearing and service dogs (K.S.A. 39-1102, 39-1107, 39-1108). |
| Documentation | The FHA asks whether the accommodation may be necessary because of a disability (42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B)); it prescribes no letter form. | No Kansas housing statute on documentation: no set wording, expiry date or licence-number rule. The one Kansas animal ID, a trainer's card or letter, applies to trained dogs in public places (K.S.A. 39-1111). |
| Timing | No federal waiting period before a letter, and no federal clock on the landlord's reply. | Also silent on the landlord's reply, and no waiting period or relationship length. Telemedicine "may be used to establish a valid provider-patient relationship" (K.S.A. 40-2,212(b)). |
| Who may write | The FHA names no category of writer. | Someone authorised to practise in Kansas (K.S.A. 65-6303). That means a Kansas licensee, with social workers at the LSCSW level (K.S.A. 65-6319), a PSYPACT psychologist (K.S.A. 74-5352), or a physician with a Kansas licence or telemedicine waiver (K.S.A. 65-28,135). |
| Exemptions | Owner-occupied buildings of up to four units, and single-family houses an owner of three or fewer rents without an agent (42 U.S.C. § 3603(b)). | The same pair, applied to the whole state act except its advertising ban (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)). Lawrence's city exemption stops at owner-occupied two-family housing (Lawrence City Code § 10-111.15(C)). |
| Where to file | HUD's fair-housing office, now limited to trained animals under its 22 May 2026 memo, or a federal lawsuit. | The Kansas Human Rights Commission, which is not on HUD's FHAP list (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)). The Lawrence and Salina city offices are on it. Wichita renters may also use the City Clerk under Ordinance 51-654, and anyone may go to state court (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)). |
| Deadline | One year to HUD (42 U.S.C. § 3610); two years in court (42 U.S.C. § 3613(a)(1)(A)). | One year to KHRC (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)); two years to sue, paused while a KHRC case runs (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)); 180 days under Wichita Ordinance 51-654, § 7(b). |
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Your timeline in Kansas
What actually happens, and when.
No Kansas rule adds a clock before the letter, so the evaluation sets the pace. The screening costs nothing and takes no card; you pay at checkout before the consultation. The consultation itself has to be live, because a questionnaire alone is not telemedicine under K.S.A. 40-2,211(a)(5).
Step 2
Pay at checkout, then talk with a clinician licensed in Kansas in real time, by video or phone. Kansas counts real-time audio or video as telemedicine (K.S.A. 40-2,211(a)(5)). Office-visit standards of care apply (K.S.A. 40-2,212(c)). The clinician decides whether an impairment substantially limits a major life activity and whether the animal helps with it. Some people do not qualify, and they receive no letter.
Step 3
If you qualify, the signed PDF usually arrives within 24 to 48 hours of the consultation. It is on the clinician's letterhead and shows the Kansas licence type and number with the consultation date, so a landlord can check it with the licensing board. If you do not qualify, request a refund within 7 days.
Housing
What your Kansas landlord may and may not do.
Under the federal Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B)) and Kansas's own fair-housing law, a housing provider must consider a reasonable-accommodation request for an assistance animal, including where pets are prohibited. Each line below carries the section it comes from.
What they may do
Your landlord may
- Ask whether you can meet the tenancy terms, and the other questions the regulation lists, but only if it puts them to every applicant. K.A.R. 21-60-15
- Decline a tenancy that would directly threaten other people's health or safety, or cause substantial physical damage to their property. K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(7)
- Rely on the small-landlord exemption when it owns no more than three houses and rents without an agent, or lives in a building of four or fewer units. K.S.A. 44-1018(b)
- Hold a refundable pet deposit of up to half a month's rent where the lease permits pets, unless it agrees to waive it as part of the accommodation. K.S.A. 58-2550(a)
- Deduct the cost of actual damage from your deposit, listed in a written itemised notice. K.S.A. 58-2550(b)
What they may not do
Your landlord may not
- Refuse a reasonable change to its rules, policies, practices or services that you may need for an equal chance to use and enjoy your home. K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B)
- Coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with you for asking for an accommodation or using any other fair-housing right. K.S.A. 44-1026
- Add an extra charge for a trained guide, hearing or service dog that lives with you. K.S.A. 39-1102, 39-1107, 39-1108
- Take a pet deposit above half a month's rent, or hold your deposit more than 30 days after you move out, return possession and ask for it. K.S.A. 58-2550(a)–(b)
- Keep deposit money wrongfully without owing it back plus one and a half times the amount withheld. K.S.A. 58-2550(c)
Illustrative exchange
What a lawful conversation looks like.
Most refusals are not a flat no. They are a question the housing provider is not allowed to ask, or a fee they are not allowed to charge. Here is the shape of a typical exchange in Kansas, with the rule beside each reply.
A made-up exchange to show the rules, not a real tenant or landlord.
Pet fees and deposits
No Kansas statute bars pet rent, a pet fee or a pet deposit for an emotional support animal. The state's no-extra-charge rule belongs to trained guide, hearing and service dogs (K.S.A. 39-1102, 39-1107, 39-1108). K.S.A. 39-1113(f) adds that a dog kept for comfort is not an assistance dog. So a waiver is something you ask for inside the accommodation request under K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B), and the landlord decides it case by case. HUD's old no-fee guidance was withdrawn in September 2025 and cannot be quoted as a rule. What Kansas does regulate is the deposit. The ordinary security deposit may not exceed one month's rent for an unfurnished home or one and a half months' for a furnished one. Where the lease lets the tenant keep pets, an extra pet deposit of up to half a month's rent may be added (K.S.A. 58-2550(a)). No Kansas ruling says whether a no-pets building that admits your animal as an accommodation may take that deposit at all. The clause speaks of a lease that permits pets (K.S.A. 58-2550(a)). The pet deposit is refundable on the same terms as the rest. The balance is due within 14 days of the landlord settling deductions, each one itemised in writing (K.S.A. 58-2550(b)). The outer limit is 30 days after the tenancy ends, you hand back possession and you ask for it (K.S.A. 58-2550(b)). Wrongful withholding costs the landlord the amount due plus one and a half times what was kept (K.S.A. 58-2550(c)). No statute caps monthly pet rent or a non-refundable pet fee, so read the lease before you sign.
Small landlords
Kansas copies the federal pair of exemptions and applies them to disability claims. First, a single-family house is outside the state act when its owner holds no more than three such houses at once (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)(1)). The owner must rent it without a real estate broker, agent or salesperson and without a rental business's facilities. Second, the act does not reach units in a building meant for no more than four families living independently, where the owner lives in one as the owner's residence (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)(2)). Only the ban on discriminatory advertising still applies to both groups (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)). Because the federal exemptions have the same shape (42 U.S.C. § 3603(b)), a renter in such housing usually has no accommodation claim under either. Lawrence is the exception. Its city exemption for owner-occupied housing stops at two families, so an owner-occupied three- or four-unit building there is covered by city law (Lawrence City Code § 10-111.15(C)). Wichita's ordinance keeps an owner-occupied exemption for four or fewer units (Ordinance 51-654, § 5(b)).
If your landlord says no
Kansas Human Rights Commission
Phone: 785-296-3206 (Toll-free intake 1-888-793-6874 · TTY 785-296-0245 · 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 568S, Topeka) · File a complaint
Deadline: One year from the last alleged discriminatory act (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)). The statute requires a verified complaint; KHRC says it must be signed and notarised before it is officially filed, and there is no filing fee. Housing complainants use the housing intake form or phone intake, because the online questionnaire is for employment. The six-month and 300-day limits quoted on some sites belong to employment and public-accommodation cases, not housing. The Commission aims to finish its investigation, conciliation included, within 100 days of filing unless that is impracticable (K.S.A. 44-1019(e)(1)).
Court: A lawsuit under the state act must be filed within two years of the practice occurring or ending (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)). Time while a KHRC proceeding was pending is not counted (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)). The court may award actual and punitive damages, reasonable attorney fees and costs (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(4)). A practice already set for a KHRC hearing cannot also be the subject of a suit (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(3)). A federal suit has two years as well (42 U.S.C. § 3613(a)(1)(A)).
Retaliation: It is unlawful to coerce, intimidate, threaten or interfere with you for exercising your fair-housing rights, an accommodation request included (K.S.A. 44-1026). Inside Lawrence, retaliation is also a city misdemeanour punishable by up to one year and 1,000 dollars (Lawrence City Code § 10-114(B)).
KHRC is not on HUD's list of Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies, so a filing there is not passed to HUD automatically. Only the Lawrence and Salina city offices hold that status in Kansas. Spell out the full name when you search or call, because the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, a housing-finance agency, uses the same initials. After a finding, KHRC can impose civil penalties of up to 10,000 dollars, rising to 25,000 or 50,000 dollars for repeat violators (K.S.A. 44-1019(i)).
Your envelope, item by item
- A short written request
- Your clinician's letter
- Things the law never asks for
- If the answer is slow or no
Keep a dated copy of everything you send.
What to send your landlord
The request, the letter, and what happens next.
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A short written request
A few sentences to the landlord or manager. Say you have a disability and ask for a reasonable accommodation under K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B) so the animal can live with you; give its species. If a pet deposit, pet rent, or a weight or breed limit is in the way, ask for that to be waived in the same note. Date it and keep a copy.
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Your clinician's letter
The signed PDF from a clinician licensed in Kansas, on letterhead, with the licence type, the Kansas licence number and the consultation date. It states that you have a disability and a disability-related need for the animal, and it leaves out the diagnosis. No Kansas rule gives it an expiry date, so a claim that it lapses after 12 months has no basis in state law.
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Things the law never asks for
A registry number, a certificate, an ID card or a vest; no Kansas statute or rule creates any of them. The only animal ID in Kansas law is a trainer's card or letter for trained assistance dogs in public places (K.S.A. 39-1111). Questions about your ability to meet the lease are allowed only when every applicant gets them (K.A.R. 21-60-15).
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If the answer is slow or no
Kansas sets no deadline for the landlord's reply, so ask for one in writing and follow up in writing. Record the date of any refusal. From it you have one year to file with KHRC (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)) and two years to sue (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)). In Wichita the city route closes after 180 days (Ordinance 51-654, § 7(b)).
If your housing provider questions the letter, your clinician responds directly at no extra cost.
Kansas renters by city
The same rules from Wichita to Salina.
Five of the eight cities share one set of rules and one route. Renters in Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe, Topeka and Manhattan rely on the state act and file with the Kansas Human Rights Commission within one year (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)). A lawsuit stays open for two years (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)). Wichita adds its own non-discrimination ordinance with a 180-day deadline. Lawrence and Salina have city fair-housing offices that HUD recognises, the only two in the state. The clinical side is the same in every city. A clinician licensed in Kansas meets you live after a free screening; if you qualify, the signed PDF usually arrives within 24 to 48 hours. Students at KU in Lawrence or K-State in Manhattan should ask their university's accommodation office what campus housing needs. Across State Line Road, Missouri law governs instead, with different rules and deadlines.
- Wichita
- Overland Park
- Kansas City, KS
- Olathe
- Topeka
- Lawrence
- Manhattan
- Salina
- Wichita Wichita's Non-Discrimination Ordinance has taken complaints since 1 January 2022; it covers housing and lists disability as a protected class (Ordinance 51-654). A complaint goes to the City Clerk within 180 days (Ordinance 51-654, § 7(b)), and civil penalties reach 2,000 dollars per violation (§ 7(k)). The ordinance text has no reasonable-accommodation clause or animal language (Ordinance 51-654). The city is not a HUD partner agency either, so the one-year KHRC route still matters for an ESA refusal (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)).
- Kansas City, KS On the Kansas side of State Line Road, Kansas law governs, and HUD's partner list names no fair-housing agency for Kansas City, Kansas. Renters here, and in Overland Park and Olathe, use the statewide route: KHRC within one year (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)) or a lawsuit within two years (K.S.A. 44-1021(d)(1)). If you rent on the Missouri side, a different state's law applies and differs on almost every point on this page; use our Missouri page instead.
- Lawrence Lawrence's Human Relations office, 947 New Hampshire, (785) 832-3310, is one of two HUD-recognised fair-housing agencies in the state. Its city code bars a refusal to make reasonable accommodations needed to use and enjoy housing (Lawrence City Code § 10-111.11(B)). You have one year to file (§ 10-108.4) and two years to sue (§ 10-108.22). Owner-occupied three- and four-unit buildings, exempt under state law, are covered here (§ 10-111.15(C)). The code has no animal rule and does not require waiving a deposit charged to all tenants (Lawrence City Code § 10-111.20).
- Salina HUD lists the Salina Human Relations Department, 300 West Ash, (785) 309-5745, as one of only two Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies in the state. Salina renters can bring a housing complaint there. Its own filing deadline was not confirmed, so keep the one-year KHRC deadline in view as well (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)).
Myths in Kansas
Three things you will read elsewhere that are not Kansas law.
Kansas passed an assistance-animals-in-housing law in 2022, and an ESA registration or certificate proves your rights under it.
FactNeither part is true. SB 360 died in committee and S Sub for HB 2057 died in conference, both in May 2022. The same bill returned as SB 170 (2023–24) and died in committee in April 2024. No Kansas statute or rule creates an ESA registry or certificate. Your right comes from the accommodation clause in K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(3)(B), backed by the federal FHA.
With an ESA letter, Kansas law wipes out pet deposits, pet rent and breed or weight limits.
FactNo Kansas statute says so. The no-extra-charge rules cover trained guide, hearing and service dogs (K.S.A. 39-1102, 39-1107, 39-1108), and a comfort dog is not an assistance dog (K.S.A. 39-1113(f)). Where pets are allowed, a refundable pet deposit of up to half a month's rent is lawful (K.S.A. 58-2550(a)). Waiving a fee, or a size or breed rule, is something you request as part of the accommodation.
A Kansas ESA letter must be dated within the last 12 months and needs a long treatment history behind it.
FactKansas has no validity period, renewal rule or relationship requirement for an ESA letter. Annual renewal and an in-person meeting were in HB 2152 (2019), and a "supportive relationship" rule was in SB 170 and S Sub for HB 2057; all three died. State law says telemedicine "may be used to establish a valid provider-patient relationship" (K.S.A. 40-2,212(b)).
Task-trained dogs are a different document. If your dog performs trained tasks for a psychiatric disability, read about the psychiatric service dog (PSD) letter online, written after a real consultation.
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ESA letter for housing
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The reasonable-accommodation letter you give your landlord, after a live clinical evaluation.
- Live video or phone consultation
- Signed PDF on clinician letterhead
- License type, number and jurisdiction shown
- Landlord verification support included
ESA + PSD combination
$149 one time
Both letters from one course of care, including the consultations for each.
- Everything in the housing letter
- Psychiatric service dog letter included
- Both consultations with a licensed clinician
- One clinical record, two documents
PSD letter & consultation
$79 one time
For people who already have housing sorted and need psychiatric service dog documentation only.
- Live consultation with a licensed clinician
- Psychiatric service dog letter
- Disability-related task documented
- No housing letter included
Signed PDF within 24 to 48 hours of your consultation. Same-day evaluations are often available for early bookings. Read the guarantee and refund terms.
Why this letter holds up
Written to Kansas's rules, by a clinician a landlord can check.
- The clinician. A clinician licensed in Kansas evaluates you in a live video or phone consultation. Clinical review of this page: Darren Rafel, LCSW.
- What the letter contains. Confirmation of a disability-related need for your animal, the animal it covers, and the clinician's licence type, number, jurisdiction and effective date, signed on letterhead. No diagnosis.
- How a landlord verifies it. The licence number is checked against the state licensing board; if they ask us, the clinician confirms the letter is genuine without disclosing anything else.
The refund terms, in full
- If you do not qualify. If the licensed clinician determines after your assessment that you do not meet the clinical criteria for an ESA or PSD letter, the assessment and letter fee is refunded in full. Requests must be made within 7 days of being notified that you did not qualify. The clinician's clinical determination is final.
- If your housing provider refuses the letter. If your landlord, property manager or housing authority refuses to accept the letter, you get a full refund. Contact us within 30 days of receiving your letter with the written denial (or reasonable evidence of the refusal), your full name and the letter's issue date. We first apply complimentary landlord verification support and contact the housing provider on your behalf; if the refusal stands, the refund is issued.
Read the exact terms. Money-back guarantee: full refund if you do not qualify, and a full refund if your housing provider refuses the letter.
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Kansas FAQ
Kansas questions, answered from the statute.
How do I get a real ESA letter?
Through a live evaluation with someone authorised to practise in Kansas, not a download. A questionnaire on its own is not telemedicine (K.S.A. 40-2,211(a)(5)), so the clinician meets you in real time. The screening is free; the price is $99, paid at checkout before the consultation. Some people do not qualify. If you do, the letter carries the clinician's Kansas licence number and the consultation date, which a landlord can verify.
Can I just ask my doctor for an ESA letter?
Yes, if your doctor holds a Kansas licence or a Board of Healing Arts telemedicine waiver (K.S.A. 65-28,135). Kansas sets no special wording for the letter. When a physician writes after a telemedicine visit and you consent, a report goes to your named primary-care or treating physician within three business days (K.S.A. 40-2,212(d)(2)(A)). If your doctor would rather not, a licensed mental-health clinician can evaluate you instead.
What mental illness qualifies for ESA?
Kansas law keeps no list of conditions. The test is disability: a physical or mental impairment that "substantially limits one or more of the major life activities" (K.S.A. 44-1002(j)(1)). No diagnosis qualifies automatically; the clinician looks at how far the condition limits your daily life. Someone only regarded as disabled is owed no accommodation (K.S.A. 44-1002(k)(2)). The clinician makes the finding, and some applicants are declined.
How long does it take to get ESA approval?
There are two separate steps. Kansas imposes no waiting period, and its telemedicine law lets a first live visit establish the provider-patient relationship (K.S.A. 40-2,212(b)). After that one consultation, the signed PDF usually arrives within 24 to 48 hours if you qualify. The landlord's decision comes next, and no Kansas statute sets a deadline for it. Ask for a written answer; a refusal starts your one-year KHRC window (K.S.A. 44-1019(a)).
What disqualifies a dog from being an emotional support animal?
In Kansas housing, a request can fail in three ways. The tenancy would be a direct threat to others' health or safety, or would cause substantial physical damage to others' property (K.S.A. 44-1016(h)(7)). The landlord is exempt as a small owner (K.S.A. 44-1018(b)). Or the clinician finds no disability-related need for the animal. The state act itself sets no breed, size or training test (K.S.A. 44-1016).
Can you just say your dog is an emotional support animal?
Saying it gives a landlord nothing to act on. Kansas has no documentation rule of its own, so federal practice governs: where the disability or need is not obvious, the landlord may ask for reliable information about both. Never call the dog a service dog. Falsely claiming assistance-dog rights in a public place is a class A nonperson misdemeanour, with up to one year in jail and a 2,500-dollar fine (K.S.A. 39-1112, 21-6602, 21-6611).
How much does an ESA letter cost in Kansas?
$99 for a housing letter, $149 together with a psychiatric service dog letter, or $79 for a PSD letter and consultation on its own. The consultation and landlord verification support are included, and the price is the same across every state.
Nearby states and resources
Moving across a state line changes the rules.
Sources
Every legal statement on this page, and where it comes from.
- K.S.A. 44-1002 (definitions: disability (j)(1); no accommodation owed to a person only regarded as disabled (k)(2)) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 44-1016 (Kansas Act Against Discrimination, housing: (h)(3)(B) reasonable accommodations; (h)(7) direct threat or substantial damage) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 44-1018 (exemptions: owner of three or fewer houses renting without a broker; owner-occupied building of four or fewer units) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 44-1019 (KHRC administers the act; one-year housing complaint; 100-day investigation; civil penalties) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 44-1021 (civil action within two years, KHRC time excluded; actual and punitive damages; attorney fees) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 44-1026 (coercion, intimidation, threats and interference unlawful) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.A.R. 21-60-15 (permitted disability-related inquiries, only if made of all applicants) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 58-2550 (security deposits: one-month cap; extra pet deposit up to half a month's rent; 14/30-day return; one and a half times damages) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 39-1108 (service dog in rental housing without an extra charge; parallel rules for guide dogs, K.S.A. 39-1102, and hearing dogs, K.S.A. 39-1107) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 39-1111 (identification card or letter for trained assistance dogs) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 39-1112 (false claim of assistance-dog rights: class A nonperson misdemeanour; ranges in K.S.A. 21-6602(a)(1) and 21-6611(b)(1)) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 39-1113 (assistance dog defined; a dog for comfort, protection or personal defense excluded) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 40-2,211 (Kansas Telemedicine Act definitions: real-time audio, visual or audio-visual communication) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 40-2,212 (telemedicine may establish the provider-patient relationship; in-person standards; physician report within three business days) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 65-6303 (licence required to practise social work for compensation; class B misdemeanour) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 65-6319 (a licensed specialist clinical social worker may diagnose and treat mental disorders) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 74-5352 (PSYPACT, telepsychology; Kansas member from 1 January 2022) accessed 2026-10-22
- K.S.A. 65-28,135 (Board of Healing Arts telemedicine waiver for physicians treating patients located in Kansas) accessed 2026-10-22
- Kansas Human Rights Commission, housing page (one-year deadline; complaint signed and notarised; no filing fee) accessed 2026-10-22
- Kansas Human Rights Commission, FAQ (Topeka address; 785-296-3206; toll-free 1-888-793-6874; six-month and 300-day limits apply to other areas) accessed 2026-10-22
- SB 170 (2023–24), the proposed Kansas assistance animals in housing act: died in committee; earlier versions HB 2152, HB 2523, SB 360 and S Sub for HB 2057 also died accessed 2026-10-22
- HUD list of Fair Housing Assistance Program agencies (Kansas: Lawrence and Salina only) accessed 2026-10-22
- HUD FHEO enforcement memorandum, 22 May 2026 accessed 2026-10-22
- City of Wichita Ordinance 51-654, Non-Discrimination Ordinance (housing; 180-day complaint to the City Clerk; civil penalty; owner-occupied exemption) accessed 2026-10-22
- Lawrence City Code ch. X (accommodation clause § 10-111.11(B); one-year deadline § 10-108.4; two-year suit § 10-108.22; exemption § 10-111.15(C); deposits § 10-111.20; retaliation § 10-114(B)) accessed 2026-10-22
General information, not legal advice. Last reviewed 2026-10-22 by Darren Rafel, LCSW. Statutes change; we re-check each state page and record the date above.
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