What is the law of malicious water stoppage?

Legal analysis: Whether it is illegal to stop water and power supply in a property depends on the situation. In real life, fees with the nature of public services such as electricity, water, gas and heating are sometimes collected by property service companies entrusted by relevant units. If the owner fails to pay the relevant fees within a reasonable period of time, the property service company shall take corresponding measures such as water stoppage and power outage according to the requirements of the relevant entrusting unit. If there is no relevant fee for property collection, the owner will only form a water supply and power supply contract relationship with the relevant units of water supply and power supply. Property can only enjoy the relevant rights and obligations of property services according to the provisions of its property services contract. These two contracts are independent of each other. Therefore, even if the owner does not pay the utilities, the property has no right to unilaterally take measures to cut off water and electricity. At this time, it is definitely illegal for the property service company to stop water and power without authorization, and the damaged owner can investigate the tort liability of the property service company.

Legal basis: Article 44 of the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Property Management. 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.