Supreme Court recalled that the state customer is obliged to pay for the maintenance of common property even without a contract

The court noted that the obligation to bear the costs of maintaining the common property in an apartment building was established for the owner of the premises by law.

The obligation to bear the costs of maintaining the common property in the house arises from the law and is not conditioned by the existence of contractual relations with the management organization.

In the consideration of the case, the court referred to its own position, reflected in the Review of the judicial practice of applying 44 Federal Law.

Separately, Supreme Court indicated that if the owner of the premises transferred it to the customer on the basis of operational management, then this customer is responsible for paying the costs of maintaining the common property.

Document: Definition of Supreme Court from 28.11.2017 N 305-ES17-10430