Does the landlord have to bear the property fee if the tenant does not pay it?

Tenants don't pay property fees, but owners have to bear them. If the tenant is unwilling to pay the property fee, the property management company has the right to ask the owner for it. For the payment of property fees, the lessee and the owner can negotiate to determine. For the payment of property fees, the lessee and the owner can negotiate to determine that the owner shall bear joint liability. The owner shall pay the property service fee in accordance with the provisions of 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.

If the owner fails to pay the property fee, he may face additional fines, and the property company may collect the fines according to the proportion agreed in the contract. If the owner fails to pay the property service fee within the time limit or refuses to pay it without justifiable reasons, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable period of time; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration.

Legal basis: Article 41 of the Regulations on Property Management.

The owner shall pay the property service fee in accordance with the provisions of 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.

Property that has been completed but has not been sold or handed over to the property buyer shall be paid by the construction unit.