Does the owner have the right to suspend business if the property fails to pay utilities?

Without paying the property fee, the property company has no right to cut off water and electricity. The providers of water and electricity are water supply companies and power supply bureaus. Only the water supply company and the power supply bureau have the right to terminate the water supply and power supply through legal procedures, and the property enterprise has no right to stop the water supply and power supply to the owners without agreement in the contract.

legal ground

Article 41 of the Regulations on Property Management

The owner shall 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.

Article 44

Within the property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other units shall charge relevant fees to the end users. Where a realty service enterprise accepts the entrustment to collect the fees mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall not collect additional fees such as handling fees from the owners.

Article 65

In violation of the property service contract, the owners fail to pay the property service fee within the time limit, and the owners' committee shall urge them to pay it 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.