according to the regulations, the buyers and sellers of second-hand houses should go through the transfer formalities in the management department of the district and county where the house is located with the original maintenance fund transfer agreement, house ownership certificate, ID card and special receipt for maintenance funds.

According to the Management Measures of Facilities and Equipment Maintenance Fund for Residential Areas, which was implemented in 28, "When the ownership of the house is transferred, the owner shall explain the deposit and balance of the special maintenance fund for the house to the transferee and issue a valid certificate, and the special maintenance fund for the house remaining in the sub-account of the house will be transferred with the ownership of the house." Therefore, in the process of second-hand housing transactions, the seller can not ask the owners' Committee to return it.

At the legal level, there is no clear stipulation about who will bear the housing maintenance fund in the process of second-hand housing transaction, so when signing the housing sales contract, the buyer and the seller can clearly state it in the supplementary agreement. It should also be noted that if the depositor of the housing maintenance fund is inconsistent with the property owner, it may lead to unnecessary troubles in the use of the maintenance fund. Therefore, when buying and selling a house, the buyer and the seller should agree to handle the transfer (renaming) of the housing maintenance fund.

since the maintenance fund is mainly used for the major and medium-sized repair, renewal and transformation of the * * * used parts and * * used equipment and facilities after the expiration of the property warranty period, neither the seller nor the buyer can withdraw it, and the seller generally does not ask the buyer for compensation separately in the actual transaction process. If the seller wants the buyer to bear the public maintenance fund, the best way is to report the part that the buyer wants to bear in the total house price.