What if members of my strata community don’t pay?

Levies must be paid by the due date. Lot owners cannot object to a levy by not paying it. Only some states make owners automatically responsible for interest if levies and fees are overdue and where interest is applied it is different from state to state.

In some states schemes can reduce or waive interest. While most states allow legal action to recover levies and fees in the civil court system, Victoria requires those actions to be in VCAT and in Tasmania the Recorder of Titles can order payment. Only some states expressly make owners liable to pay the scheme’s recovery costs so that the scheme is not out of pocket from chasing overdue levies and fees.