Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme Court on Property Service Contract

Legal analysis: the preliminary realty service contract signed by the construction unit and the realty service enterprise according to law, and the realty service contract signed by the owners' committee and the realty service enterprise selected by the owners' congress according to law are binding on the owners. If the owner raises a defense on the grounds that he is not a party to the contract, the people's court will not support it.

In any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall support the owners' committee or the owners' request to confirm that the contract or the relevant provisions of the contract are invalid:

(a) the entrustment contract that the realty service enterprise entrusts all the realty service business in the realty service area to others;

(2) clauses in the realty service contract that exempt the realty service enterprise from its responsibilities, increase the responsibilities of the owners' committee or owners, and exclude the main rights of the owners' committee or owners.

The realty service contract mentioned in the preceding paragraph includes the prophase realty service contract.

Legal basis: Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Property Service Disputes.

Article 1 The preliminary realty service contract signed by the construction unit and the realty service enterprise according to law, and the realty service contract signed by the owners' committee and the realty service enterprise selected by the owners' congress according to law are binding on the owners. If the owner raises a defense on the grounds that he is not a party to the contract, the people's court will not support it.

Article 2 In any of the following circumstances, the people's court shall support the request of the owners' committee or the owners to confirm the invalidity of the contract or the relevant provisions of the contract:

(a) the entrustment contract that the realty service enterprise entrusts all the realty service business in the realty service area to others;

(2) clauses in the realty service contract that exempt the realty service enterprise from its responsibilities, increase the responsibilities of the owners' committee or owners, and exclude the main rights of the owners' committee or owners.

The realty service contract mentioned in the preceding paragraph includes the prophase realty service contract.