Can I transfer ownership without paying the maintenance fund?
No, according to the rural residential network. When buying and selling second-hand houses, if the house fails to pay the house maintenance fund, it cannot be transferred. If you don't pay the house maintenance fund, you can't apply for the real estate license. Article 13 of the Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds stipulates that if the first residential special maintenance fund is not deposited as required, the development and construction unit or the public housing sale unit shall not deliver the house to the purchaser.