Can the property company charge the owner a handling fee for collecting water and electricity charges?

It is illegal for a property company to charge the owner for water and electricity. According to the relevant laws and regulations, in principle, the water and electricity costs are directly charged by the water supply and power supply company to the end users. If an enterprise entrusts it, it may charge the enterprise a fee.

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Article 937 of the Civil Code

A property service contract is a contract in which the property service provider provides the owner with property services such as the maintenance of the building and its ancillary facilities, the management and maintenance of environmental sanitation and related order, and the owner pays the property fee.

Property service providers include property service enterprises and other managers.

Article nine hundred and thirty-eight

The contents of the realty service contract generally include service items, service quality, service fee standards and collection methods, use of maintenance funds, management and use of service places, service term, service handover and other terms.

The public service commitment made by the property service provider in favor of the owner is an integral part of the property service contract.

The realty service contract shall be in written form.