Is it legal to pay late fees for property fees?

Legal analysis: the property management company has no right to collect late fees, but it can ask you to pay liquidated damages according to the contract. Late payment fee refers to a certain proportion of late payment fee for failing to pay taxes according to the tax payment period or repaying loans according to the repayment period. It is a measure for tax authorities or creditors to give economic sanctions to overdue parties. The late payment fee has the characteristics of statutory, compulsory and punitive. The so-called statutory, that is, the late payment fee is money explicitly stipulated by national laws and regulations, and individuals and other enterprises and organizations have no right to set it up privately; Compulsory means that the collection of late fees is guaranteed by the state compulsory force.

Legal Basis: Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Disputes over Property Services Article 6 If the owner refuses to pay the property fee without justifiable reasons or fails to pay the property fee within a reasonable period after being urged in writing, the people's court shall support the property service enterprise to request the owner to pay the property fee. Property service enterprises have provided services in accordance with the contract and relevant regulations, and the people's court will not support the owners' defense on the grounds that they do not enjoy or need to accept relevant property services. Therefore, if the owner refuses to pay the property fee without justifiable reasons, he will bear the liability for breach of contract to the property management enterprise and bear all the adverse consequences caused by losing the case.