You need to pay the house maintenance fund when you hand over the house. It is the owner's obligation to pay the house maintenance fund before handing over the house. The way to pay the housing maintenance fund can be to deposit it in the special account of the housing maintenance fund, or ask the developer to collect it on his behalf.

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"Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings" Article 7 The owners of commercial residential buildings and non-residential buildings shall deposit special maintenance funds for residential buildings according to the construction area of their own properties, and the amount of the first special maintenance funds for residential buildings deposited per square meter of construction area shall be 5% to 8% of the cost per square meter of local residential construction and installation projects. The competent departments of construction (real estate) of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities and counties shall, according to local conditions, reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first-phase residential special maintenance fund deposited per square meter of construction area, and make timely adjustments. Article 8 of the Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Houses, where public houses are sold, special maintenance funds for houses shall be deposited in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The owner shall deposit special maintenance funds for houses according to the construction area of the property he owns, and the amount of the first special maintenance fund for houses deposited per square meter of construction area shall be 2% of the local housing reform cost price. (two) units selling houses shall, in accordance with the proportion of not less than 20% of multi-storey houses and not less than 30% of high-rise houses, draw a one-time special maintenance fund for houses from the sales funds.