Is there a penalty for not paying the property fee?

If the owner violates the provisions of the property contract and fails to pay the property fee on time, the property company may demand liquidated damages.

If one party fails to perform its contractual obligations or fails to perform its contractual obligations in conformity with the agreement, thus causing losses to the other party, the amount of damages shall be equivalent to the losses caused by the breach of contract, including the benefits that can be obtained after the performance of the contract; The parties may agree that when one party breaches the contract, it shall pay a certain amount of liquidated damages to the other party according to the situation of breach of contract, and may also agree on the calculation method of the amount of compensation for breach of contract. If the agreed liquidated damages are lower than the losses caused, the people's court or arbitration institution may increase the liquidated damages at the request of the parties; If the agreed liquidated damages are excessively higher than the losses caused, the people's court or arbitration institution may appropriately reduce them at the request of the parties.

What are the consequences of refusing to pay property fees?

If one party fails to perform its contractual obligations or fails to comply with the contract, and after performing its obligations or taking remedial measures, the other party still suffers other losses, it shall compensate for the losses. Therefore, if the owner defaults on the property fee, the property company has the right to add liquidated damages. If the owner who is required to pay the liquidated damages disagrees with the amount of liquidated damages, he may request the people's court or arbitration institution to reduce it appropriately. 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. That is, after the owner fails to pay the property fee and the property company fails to perform the dunning procedure, it can bring a lawsuit to the court according to law. If the parties refuse to perform after the judgment takes effect, the property may apply to the court for compulsory execution. If the person subjected to execution fails to perform the obligations specified in the legal document according to the execution notice, it shall report the current property status and the property status one year before the date of receiving the execution notice; If the person subjected to execution refuses to report or make a false report, the people's court may, according to the seriousness of the case, impose a fine or detention on the person subjected to execution or his legal representative, the principal responsible person of the relevant unit or the person directly responsible. Those who refuse to perform the legal judgment, if the circumstances are serious, may be sentenced to judicial custody.

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Legal basis: Civil Law

Article 577 Where a party fails to perform its contractual obligations or fails to perform its contractual obligations in conformity with the contract, it shall be liable for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses.