Is it legal for individuals to collect property fees?

It is illegal for individuals to collect property fees. The owners' committee is elected by the owners' congress and registered by the real estate administrative department. Then the property fees paid by the owners themselves are legal, and the community industry committee is not qualified to charge.

Legal analysis

Rights and obligations of owners' committee: 1. The owners' committee is the executive body of the owners' congress, and its rights are: (1) to convene the owners' congress and amend the owners' convention and the articles of association of the owners' committee; (two) on behalf of the owners and property management companies selected by the owners' congress to sign a property service contract; (three) timely understand the opinions and suggestions of the owners and property users, and supervise and assist the property management enterprises to perform the property service contract; (4) Review the annual management work plan and annual expense budget; (five) to supervise the construction and rational use of public facilities; (6) Supervise the implementation of the owners' convention; (seven) other duties entrusted by the owners' congress. 2. The obligations of the owners' committee include: (1) reporting its work to the owners' meeting; (two) to implement the resolutions adopted by the owners' meeting and accept the supervision of the owners; (three) to implement and urge the owners to abide by the relevant laws and policies such as property management, and assist the property management enterprises to carry out various management work; (4) Accept the supervision and guidance of government management agencies, and implement the instructions and requirements put forward by government departments for this property management; (5) The decisions made by the owners' committee shall not violate the laws, regulations and policies, the decisions of the owners' congress or the interests of the owners.

legal ground

property management regulations

Fortieth property service charges should follow the principles of rationality, openness and the adaptability of fees and service levels, and distinguish the nature and characteristics of different properties. Owners and property service enterprises shall, according to the measures for charging property services formulated by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent construction administrative department of the State Council, stipulate in the property service contract.

Forty-first owners should 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.

Forty-second price departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, jointly with the real estate administrative departments at the same level, strengthen the supervision of property service charges.

Article 43 A realty service enterprise may, upon the entrustment of the owners, provide services beyond those stipulated in the realty service contract, and the service remuneration shall be agreed upon by both parties.

Sixty-fourth in violation of the property service contract, the owners did not pay the property service fee, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.