Is it a crime not to pay property fees?

Failure to pay property fees is a civil dispute and will not be sentenced. However, if the court decides that you have the ability to perform and refuse to perform, if the circumstances are serious, you will be investigated for criminal responsibility and may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or fine. If the owner fails to pay the property management fee for five years, it is a civil dispute and not a criminal offence, so he will not be sentenced. The property management company can recover the property management fee by filing a civil lawsuit.

What expenses does the property fee include?

The composition of property service cost or property service expenditure generally includes the following parts:

1, salary of management service personnel, social insurance and welfare expenses drawn according to regulations, etc. ;

2, the daily operation and maintenance costs of * * * parts of the property and * * * facilities and equipment;

3, property management area cleaning costs;

4, the property management area greening maintenance costs;

5, property management regional order maintenance costs;

6. Office expenses;

7. Depreciation of fixed assets of property management enterprises;

8. Part of the property, facilities, equipment and public liability insurance fees;

9. Other expenses agreed by the owner.

The cost of overhaul, medium repair, renewal and transformation of the parts and facilities used by the property shall be paid by special maintenance funds and shall not be included in the expenditure or cost of property services.

Legal basis:

According to article 3 13 of the criminal law

Provisions on the crime of refusing to execute a judgment or ruling

Refusing to execute the judgment or ruling of the people's court, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or a fine; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. If a unit commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.