Home/Kansas/Statutes/Ch. 16: CONTRACTS AND PROMISES/Art. 18: KANSAS FAIRNESS IN PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ACT/§ 16-1801
Kansas Statutes

§ 16-1801 — Title; rights and duties not waivable or varied under terms of contract

Kansas § 16-1801
JurisdictionKansas
Ch. 16CONTRACTS AND PROMISES
Art. 18KANSAS FAIRNESS IN PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ACT

This text of Kansas § 16-1801 (Title; rights and duties not waivable or varied under terms of contract) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Kansas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Kan. Stat. Ann. § 16-1801 (2026).

Text

(a)K.S.A. 16-1801 through 16-1807, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas fairness in private construction contract act.
(b)The rights and duties prescribed by this act shall not be waivable or varied under the terms of a contract. The terms of any contract waiving the rights and duties prescribed by this act shall be unenforceable.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Lindsey Masonry Co. v. Murray & Sons Construction Co.
390 P.3d 56 (Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2017)
21 case citations
Bowen Engineering, Corp. v. Pacific Indemnity Co.
83 F. Supp. 3d 1185 (D. Kansas, 2015)
14 case citations
Herr Industrial, Inc. v. CTI Systems
112 F. Supp. 3d 1174 (D. Kansas, 2015)
11 case citations
Midwest Asphalt Coating, Inc. v. Chelsea Plaza Homes, Inc.
243 P.3d 1106 (Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2010)
10 case citations
W & W Steel, LLC v. BSC Steel, Inc.
944 F. Supp. 2d 1066 (D. Kansas, 2013)
5 case citations
Monarch Build v. DLH Holdings
567 P.3d 831 (Court of Appeals of Kansas, 2025)
1 case citations
K.R.W. Construction, Inc. v. Stronghold Engineering, Inc.
(D. Kansas, 2022)

Legislative History

L. 2005, ch. 156, § 1; July 1.

Nearby Sections

15
§ 16-1001
Definitions
§ 16-1002
Contracts, sales agreements or security agreements to maintain stock of farm equipment or repair parts by retailer; cancellation or discontinuance thereof; repurchase obligations of wholesaler, manufacturer, distributor or transferee of such wholesaler, manufacturer or distributor thereon; contracts affected; security interests not affected; repurchase not subject to bulk sales law or the claims of secured or unsecured creditors of specified others
§ 16-1003
Repurchase not required, when
§ 16-1004
Failure to make repurchase or allow credit; liability in civil action
§ 16-1005
Death of retailer or majority stockholder of corporation retailing farm equipment or repair parts
§ 16-1006
Severability of act
§ 16-1007
Repurchase obligations in bankruptcy
§ 16-101
Joint contracts as joint and several
§ 16-102
Liability of estate of decedent thereon
§ 16-103
Liability on death of all joint obligors
§ 16-104
Suit against copartners or joint obligors
§ 16-105
Release of persons jointly or severally liable
§ 16-106
Use of private seals
§ 16-107
Import of consideration
§ 16-108
Want of consideration as defense
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Kansas § 16-1801, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ks/16-1801.