Fewer claim types block entry to Norway's new utlegg rules

Debtors are shut out of the new utlegg rules by outstanding claims at Innkrevingsmyndigheten only in three cases: claims of the types stated in innkrevingsforskriften §§ 2-4 and 2-9 bokstav b, ansvarskrav under tvangsfullbyrdelsesloven § 7-22 as it read before 1 January 2026 when linked to claims of those types, and court or enforcement fees and costs linked to claims of those typesLovdata. That is the narrowed § 1 bokstav e of the utrullingsforskriftLovdata, applicable from 4 September 2026Lovdata under forskrift 4. september 2026 nr. 1729Lovdata, so debtors whose outstanding claims fall outside those three groups now pass the claim-type testLovdata.

Innkrevingsforskriften § 2-4 covers underholdsbidrag owed under barnelova, ekteskapsloven or barnevernslovenLovdata, the national-insurance reimbursement claim for advance maintenance paymentsLovdata, wrongly paid maintenanceLovdata and wrongly paid advance maintenanceLovdata, orders to pay maintenance anewLovdata, and fees accruing on the assessment of maintenance under barnelova § 70Lovdata. Its § 2-9 bokstav b covers foreign maintenance claims, childbirth-expense contributions and related costs recoverable in Norway under an agreement with a foreign state, when they follow a final judgment, decision, administrative decision or written acceptance and are enforceable in that stateLovdata.

No longer disqualifying are the other types the former bokstav e listed: NAV-awarded compensation and regress claims by judgment or agreementLovdata, coercive finesLovdata, infringement feesLovdata, folketrygdloven settlements and repayment claimsLovdata, wrongly paid child benefit and cash-for-care paymentsLovdata, wage-guarantee claimsLovdata, condictio indebiti repaymentsLovdata, supplementary-benefit repaymentsLovdata, Svalbard-tax regress claimsLovdata, folketrygdloven deductiblesLovdata, grants and loansLovdata, fishermen's-pension premiumsLovdata, folketrygdloven § 23-8 reimbursementsLovdata, advanced daily allowances and bankruptcy dividendsLovdata, AFP settlementsLovdata, and grants to pensioner organisationsLovdataLovdata. A debtor whose outstanding claims are only of the dropped kinds is no longer shut out by the claim-type conditionLovdata.

The remaining entry conditions in § 1 bokstav a to d are unchanged: the debtor must be registered as resident or with a business address in Finnmark, Troms or Nordland, except Bindal municipality; must have no ongoing earnings attachment decided under the old rules; must have no enforcement case pending under the old rules, apart from a case at the municipal enforcement authority or a case covering the claim types in § 8 of the transitional regulation on the collection act; and must have no address registered as confidential or strictly confidential.

The conditions must be met at a procedural cut-off: when the ordinary enforcement authority registers a request for utlegg or for continuation under tvangsfullbyrdelsesloven § 7-7 tredje ledd or, for Innkrevingsmyndigheten, when it sends the utlegg notice or, if no notice is sent, when it is to decide on utlegg. For municipal-authority cases the new rules apply once the ordinary enforcement authority or Innkrevingsmyndigheten has established one earnings attachment under the new rules, and in any event to all municipal utlegg cases decided after 31 December 2026Lovdata.

Legal basis: utrullingsforskriften § 1 as amended by forskrift 4. september 2026 nr. 1729Lovdata, read with innkrevingsforskriften §§ 2-4 and 2-9Lovdata and forskrift 1. juli 2025 nr. 1418 om overgangsregler for innkrevingsloven og endringer i andre lover §§ 1 and 8Lovdata.