Legal Subjectivity: It is not necessary to pay the maintenance fund when signing a contract online.

Owners of commercial housing should deposit the first phase of special housing maintenance funds into a special housing maintenance fund account before going through the house check-in procedures.

In other words, the maintenance fund only needs to be paid before moving in.

Legal objectivity: Article 12 of the "Measures for the Management of Special Residential Maintenance Funds" The owners of commercial housing shall deposit the first phase of the special residential maintenance funds into the special residential maintenance fund account before completing the house check-in procedures.

Owners of sold public housing should deposit the first installment of the special housing maintenance funds into the public housing special maintenance fund account before going through the house check-in procedures, or have the house selling unit deposit it into the public housing special maintenance fund account.

Public-owned housing sales units shall deposit the special housing maintenance funds withdrawn into the public-owned housing special housing maintenance fund account within 30 days from the date of receipt of the house sales payment.