You can't get back the housing maintenance fund by selling a house. Generally, the maintenance fund will be transferred to the buyer at the time of house transaction. However, it can be returned if the following conditions are met.

1. The balance of residential special maintenance funds in the separate housing account shall be returned to the community owner.

2. The net book value of the residential special maintenance fund deposited by the selling enterprise shall be returned to the selling enterprise. If there is no sales enterprise, it shall be turned over to the finance at the same level according to the accounting unit of the sales enterprise.

3, commercial housing, after-sales service public housing residential special maintenance funds deposit, application, management and supervision, can refer to these measures. The term "residential special maintenance funds" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the assets that are mainly used for the maintenance, upgrading, renewal and transformation of residential common parts and facilities after the expiration of the warranty period.

4, residential special maintenance fund management measures to implement special storage, earmarking, authorized management decisions, government regulatory norms.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 209

The establishment, alteration, transfer and extinction of the real right of immovable property shall take effect after being registered according to law; Without registration, it will not take effect, except as otherwise provided by law. Natural resources owned by the state according to law may not be registered.