Do I have to pay the property fee before serving?

Legal analysis: 1. The owner should go through the check-in formalities at the residential property management office and get the key to the new house, so he should start paying the property management fee. 2. After the owner goes through the check-in formalities, the property management service fee shall be paid by the owner or user on a monthly basis, and for the owner who has purchased but has not checked in within one year, it shall be paid at 50% of the property management service fee standard. At the same time, in order to avoid some "real estate speculators" leaving their houses idle for a long time, it is stipulated that "those who do not move in after one year will pay the property management fee at 100%". 3. The state does not stipulate how often to pay the property fee, so the time of paying the property fee can be indicated in the signed property management contract. 4. According to the regulations, the property management company should check with the developer before handing over the house. After the acceptance, the property management company will officially take over the community, so the information and keys of the houses that have been completed and passed the acceptance must be handed over to the property management company. 5. After receiving the notice of occupancy issued by the developer, the owner will start to pay the property fee according to the time on the notice of occupancy, and all the expenses and responsibilities of the house after this time will be borne by the owner himself. In other words, from that day on, all the rights and responsibilities of the house belong to the owner.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Regulations on Property Management, the owner shall pay the property service fee according to the agreement in the property service contract. If the owner and the user of the property agree that the user of the property shall pay the property service fee, the owner shall bear joint and several liability from the agreement. The property service fee shall be paid by the property developer before the property is actually delivered to the buyer for possession, and shall be paid jointly by the owner and the buyer after the actual delivery. Under normal circumstances, the property management service fee is paid monthly. Therefore, in real life, the property management service fee is generally paid in the second month after the buyer actually receives the house. In addition, when the owner receives the house from the developer, he has the right to actually occupy and use the house and enjoy the property management service of the property service company. As for the owners who actually do not live for some reason, it does not affect the property company to collect property service fees.

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Property Services Article 6 If a property service enterprise has provided services in accordance with the contract and relevant provisions, and the owner only takes the failure to enjoy or need to accept relevant property services as the defense reason, the people's court will not support it. If it is late, there may be a late fee. There is no provision in local laws and regulations on late fees for property fees. However, according to the law, whether the property management company can collect late fees for the property management fees owed by the owners should be completely in accordance with the stipulations of the property management service contract. If the property service contract signed by the owner and the property management company contains the clause of collecting late fees, the property management company may collect late fees from the owner who fails to pay the property service fee within the time limit according to the contract.