Pay a deposit without signing a contract. Under normal circumstances, the deposit is refundable. The written contract shall take effect when both parties sign and seal it. In the absence of a contract, there is no legal relationship between the two parties, and the party receiving the deposit should return the deposit. If it is not returned, it will constitute unjust enrichment. It is worth noting that in the case that the contract is invalid or cancelled, if one party suffers losses due to its own fault in the process of concluding the contract, the breaching party shall bear the fault liability for concluding the contract to the observant party.

If the other party does not sign the contract after paying the money, whether there are problems such as breach of contract, concealment and fraud. You can ask for a refund. The deposit for unilateral breach of contract is not refundable. If the deposit contract is not signed, you can ask for a refund of the deposit on the grounds that the contract cannot be reached. But remember, you can't admit that you don't want to sign the contract Extended information, deposit refers to a certain amount of money agreed by the parties to be paid by one party to the other party as a guarantee of creditor's rights. It belongs to a legal guarantee method, which aims to urge debtors to perform their debts and ensure the realization of creditor's rights. When signing a contract, the deposit must be agreed in writing, as well as the amount and delivery time of the deposit. There is a special legal concept in the deposit, that is, the deposit penalty, which means that the party paying the deposit fails to perform the debt and has no right to ask the other party to return the deposit, and the party receiving the deposit fails to perform the debt and needs to return the debt to the other party twice. After the debtor performs the debt, the deposit shall be taken as the price or recovered as agreed.

Legal basis: Article 471 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC): The parties may conclude a contract by offer, acceptance or other means.

Article 479 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC): Acceptance is the expression of the intention of the offeree to agree to the offer.

Article 483 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC): When the acceptance comes into effect, the contract is established, unless otherwise stipulated by law or agreed by the parties.

Article 490 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): If the parties conclude a contract in the form of a contract, the contract is established when the parties sign, seal or press their fingerprints. Before signing, sealing or fingerprinting, one party has fulfilled its main obligations, and the contract is established when the other party accepts it.

A contract shall be concluded in written form as stipulated by laws, administrative regulations or agreed by the parties. If the parties do not do this in writing, but one party has fulfilled its main obligations and the other party accepts it, the contract is established.

Article 500 of the General Principles of Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC): In the process of concluding a contract, if any of the following circumstances causes losses to the other party, the parties shall be liable for compensation:

(1) Concluding a contract under the guise of malicious negotiation;

(2) Deliberately concealing important facts related to the conclusion of a contract or providing false information;

(three) there are other acts that violate the principle of good faith.