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More debtors qualify for Norway’s new enforcement rules
From 4 September, fewer claims at Innkrevingsmyndigheten block entry to the new regime; geographic and other eligibility conditions still apply.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 8 September 2026
Norway has narrowed the outstanding-debt exclusions that determine which debtors enter its new rules for utlegg, or compulsory enforcementLovdata. The change to utrullingsforskriften took effect on 4 September 2026. The debt-type test now excludes only the remaining claim categories in § 1(e)
Lovdata; the other conditions in § 1(a)–(d) must still be met.
The remaining exclusions cover claims listed in innkrevingsforskriften § 2-4 and § 2-9(b). Section 2-4 concerns maintenance and associated claims, including recovery of advance maintenance payments. Section 2-9(b) covers specified foreign maintenance, childbirth-expense and related cost claims that can be collected in Norway under an international agreement and meet the provision’s decision and enforceability requirements. Outstanding liability claims under the pre-2026 version of tvangsfullbyrdelsesloven § 7-22, and court or enforcement fees and costs, also remain disqualifying when linked to the claim types retained in the exclusion.
The previous list additionally excluded numerous welfare-related debts. Removed categories include repayment claims under folketrygdloven, erroneous child-benefit and cash-for-care payments, wage-guarantee claims, specified AFP settlements and claims under the rules on supplementary support for people with short residence in Norway. The references to foreign social-security claims in innkrevingsforskriften § 2-9(d) and (e) have also been removed. The practical change is eligibility for the new enforcement regime for debtors whose outstanding claims no longer fall within the exclusion.
All the other eligibility conditions remain. The debtor must have a registered residence or business address in Finnmark, Troms or Nordland, excluding Bindal municipalityLovdata, and must not have an address registered as confidential or strictly confidential
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Lovdata. Nor may an enforcement case be pending under the old rules, except a municipal enforcement case or a case concerning claim types specified in the transitional regulation’s § 8.
The assessment is tied to a procedural event. For the ordinary enforcement authority, the conditions must be satisfied when an enforcement request, or a request to resume proceedings under tvangsfullbyrdelsesloven § 7-7(3), is registeredLovdata. For Innkrevingsmyndigheten, the relevant point is dispatch of the enforcement notice or, if none is sent, the enforcement decision
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Municipal cases retain a separate transition: the new rules apply once the ordinary enforcement authority or Innkrevingsmyndigheten has established an earnings attachment under the new regimeLovdata. The transitional regulation also provides that the new rules apply to all municipal enforcement cases decided after 31 December 2026
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The legal basis is utrullingsforskriften § 1, amended by forskrift 4. september 2026 nr. 1729, read with innkrevingsforskriften §§ 2-4 and 2-9 and forskrift 1. juli 2025 nr. 1418 om overgangsregler for innkrevingsloven og endringer i andre lover §§ 1 and 8.
Check the outstanding claim types and all other eligibility conditions at the relevant procedural cutoff before processing the case under the new enforcement rules.