# Kansas — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state For Kansas, time to count as abandoned on private property is the provisions of subsection (a) requiring that a motor vehicle be abandoned for a period of time in excess of 48 hours prior to its removal shall not be applicable to abandoned vehicles that are subject to the provisions of this subsection, verified against its source on 2026-08-18. - **State:** Kansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** the provisions of subsection (a) requiring that a motor vehicle be abandoned for a period of time in excess of 48 hours prior to its removal shall not be applicable to abandoned vehicles that are subject to the provisions of this subsection _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > (b) Any person who abandons and leaves a vehicle on real property, other than public property or property open to use by the public, that is not owned or leased by such person or by the owner or lessee of such vehicle shall be guilty of criminal trespass, as defined in K.S.A. 21-5808 , and amendments thereto, and upon request of the owner or occupant of such real property, the public agency in whose jurisdiction such property is situated may remove and dispose of such vehicle in the manner provided in subsection (a), except that the provisions of subsection (a) requiring that a motor vehicle be abandoned for a period of time in excess of 48 hours prior to its removal shall not be applicable to abandoned vehicles that are subject to the provisions of this subsection. Any person removing such vehicle from the real property at ## Source - https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch08/008_011_0002.html Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18. Part of [How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state](https://referencesource.org/abandoned-vehicle-private-property-timelines-by-state/).