If the property fee has not been paid for more than a few years, the property owner cannot be sued, and the prosecution period has passed.

If the owner defaults on the property fee for more than 3 years, the statute of limitations will come out. Property fee disputes belong to contract disputes, and the limitation of action is generally 3 years. If you don't exercise your rights within the statutory time limit, it will lead to the legal consequences of losing your rights or reducing the effectiveness of your rights. Then the statute of limitations also applies to property contracts. However, it does not mean that the property fees that have passed the limitation of action cannot be claimed. If the property company can provide evidence to prove that the limitation of action is interrupted, such as a notarized reminder or proof of exercising creditor's rights in other ways; The court collects property fees through the owners' committee, and the owners' committee issues relevant evidence, which can still safeguard the interests of the property company.

What if the owner doesn't pay the property fee?

1, find out the reason why the owner is in arrears with the property fee through telephone inquiry, door-to-door visit and other forms. If the problems reflected by the owners are real and can be solved within the capacity of the property service enterprises, they should actively solve the problems for the owners until they are satisfied.

2. After solving the problem, if the owner is still unwilling to pay the property fee, he can send a reminder notice of the property fee while further communication, give him sufficient time to consider whether to pay the property fee, and publicize the list of people who refuse to pay the property fee in a prominent position in the property management area.

3, the establishment of institutions and staff arrears Chao Gu system, will not support the property management work and the list of unpaid property service fees Chao Gu to all units, and urge them to cooperate with the property management work and pay property fees as soon as possible.

4. After the above communication, if the property service fee is not paid within the time limit, the property service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court in the form of judicial proceedings, and the court will intervene to accept the case of overdue payment of property service fee.

Legal basis:

Article 35 of the Regulations on Property Management

The realty service enterprise shall provide corresponding services in accordance with the stipulations of the realty service contract.

The realty service enterprise fails to perform the realty service contract, causing personal and property safety damage to the owner, and shall bear corresponding legal responsibilities according to law.