Is the elevator maintenance fee paid by the property or the owner?

Legal analysis: the property right of the elevator belongs to the owner. Therefore, the owner has the expenses of elevator maintenance.

Legal basis: Regulations on Property Management

Article 39 A realty service enterprise may entrust the special service business within the realty management area to a professional service enterprise, but may not entrust all the realty management within the area to others.

Fortieth property service charges should follow the principles of rationality, openness and the adaptability of fees and service levels, and distinguish the nature and characteristics of different properties. Owners and property service enterprises shall, according to the measures for charging property services formulated by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent construction administrative department of the State Council, stipulate in the property service contract.

Forty-first owners should 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.