Short answer: Yes, you can run an Airbnb in Mission, Kansas, if you hold a city short-term rental license. It costs $500 a year, covers January 1 to December 31, and one owner can hold no more than two. Every stay has to be at least two nights, with two adults per bedroom and ten people at most. You also need a management agent who lives within 40 road miles of the home.
What counts as a short-term rental in Mission
Mission adopted Chapter 675 of its municipal code through Ordinance 1609, passed August 21, 2024, and in force since January 1, 2025. A short-term rental is any stay of 28 consecutive days or less. That applies to a whole house, a room inside an owner's home, an apartment unit or a unit in a commercial building. Hotels are exempt.
Stays of 29 days or more fall under the city's regular rental housing license (Chapter 635) instead. Note the 28-day line: a 29-night booking is a regular rental, not a short-term one.
The license
The city's short-term rental page and the ordinance set out the terms:
- The fee is $500 a year per property and isn't refundable. The ordinance prorates it by the month you apply.
- Every license expires December 31. To renew, you file a new application by October 1 for the next year.
- No owner can hold more than two licenses at once, and each member of an owning LLC counts as an owner. Owners who already ran more than two when the ordinance passed could keep the extras under set conditions.
- Zoning limits the units per lot: one on R-1 and R-3 lots, two on R-2 and Downtown Neighborhood lots, and four in the apartment, Main Street and mixed-use districts.
- The owner and agent sign the city's safety checklist with the application.
- The license and the city's Good Neighbor Guidelines hang inside the home, and the license number goes on every listing.
- Licenses don't transfer, so a buyer applies from scratch.
You apply through the city's online rental license application. Mission publishes a list of active licenses by address on its website.
The management agent rule
Owners who live out of town need to plan for this. Section 675.050 says the management agent must be an individual who permanently lives no more than 40 road miles from the rental. Under Section 675.070, that agent has to:
- Have direct control of the home when the owner is away.
- Inspect the inside and outside of the home in person at least once a month.
- Accept legal notices.
- Share responsibility with the owner for following the chapter.
An owner who lives close enough can serve as their own agent. If you live farther away, we help you set up the agent role during onboarding and put the monthly walkthrough on the calendar.
Guest rules and penalties
Section 675.080 sets a two-night minimum and bans using the home as party, reception or meeting space for people who aren't staying there. Guests also fall under the city's disturbing-the-peace and nuisance-party sections.
A violation is a misdemeanor with a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in jail, or both, and each day counts separately. A conviction revokes every short-term license tied to that owner or agent. With only two licenses allowed per owner, losing one is expensive, so screening and fast replies to neighbors matter.
Taxes
The Kansas Department of Revenue's transient guest tax table, current as of October 1, 2026, lists Mission at 9%, in effect since April 1, 2008. Kansas sales tax applies too. During setup we check which taxes Airbnb collects for your listing and which ones you still file.
What we do for Mission owners
We help prepare the license application and the safety checklist, add the license number and Good Neighbor Guidelines to the listing, and set a two-night minimum before the first booking. From there we set nightly prices, answer guests at any hour, screen every booking against the ten-person limit and the event ban, book cleaners after each checkout, and arrange repairs with your approval. Our standard fee is 15% of booking revenue. The services page lists everything included.
Our record: 8,000+ stays hosted, a 4.8 star average rating, 5 years in business, $1M in liability coverage and $100K in damage coverage. We reply to owners within one day.
Thinking about Overland Park instead? It has its own rules, covered on our Overland Park page. For monthly stays, see mid-term rental management. The Kansas City owner's guide compares every city in the metro.