legal ground
"Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds" Article 5 When selling commercial houses, the buyer and the sales unit shall sign a maintenance fund payment agreement. Property buyers should pay the maintenance fund to the selling unit according to the proportion of 2%-3% of the purchase price. The maintenance fund collected by the selling unit belongs to all owners and is not included in the residential sales income. The collection ratio of maintenance funds shall be determined by the real estate administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.