Land registration fee
The land registration fee (tinglysingsgebyr) is the fixed state fee that Kartverket charges to register a document in Grunnboken, the Norwegian land register. You pay it per document, regardless of the value of the property, and it is purely a processing fee.
The duty to pay the fee follows from section 12b of the Land Registration Act, and the rates themselves are set in the regulations on fees for registration, recording or annotation in Grunnboken and the power line register. The rate is the same for all property documents: deed, mortgage deed, release of mortgage, waiver of priority, restriction on disposal, ground lease agreement, easement and purchase contracts. As of 2026, the land registration fee is 545 kroner per document for real property. Always check the current rate with Kartverket before you calculate the cost of a transaction, because the fee can be adjusted in the national budget and change at the turn of the year.
The land registration fee is not the same as Document duty. Document duty is a value based duty that is triggered only when legal title to real Property is transferred, and it is calculated from the sale value under section 7 of the Document Duty Act. The rate of 2.5% is set by the Storting in the annual duty resolutions and is paid by the acquirer. The land registration fee is paid for the registration itself and also applies when you register a charge, easement, ground lease agreement and other documents that do not trigger Document duty. A typical home purchase therefore triggers three costs: Document duty on the deed (2.5%), the land registration fee on the deed, and the land registration fee on the bank's mortgage deed. The Seller normally has no fee for deleting their own charge, because deletion is free of charge as of 2026.
For housing cooperatives and cooperative flats, the land registration fee is 545 kroner per document, the same rate as for real Property. A charge over a housing cooperative share is registered in Borettsregisteret, and the fee has its basis in section 6-16 of burettslagslova. Share flats have no land registration fee, because the transfer is not registered in Grunnboken, only in the company's share register. Deleting an older mortgage deed or restriction on disposal is free of charge as of 2026, so the seller normally pays no land registration fee to remove their own encumbrances at settlement.
The land registration fee is deductible for commercial property as an operating cost, to the extent that it relates to taxable business activity. For private homes it is not deductible, but it forms part of the cost price for a later gain calculation if the home is not exempt under section 9-3 of the Taxation Act. The Broker or bank typically pays the fee as part of the settlement and collects it from the buyer in the monetary settlement. If you order an extract from Grunnboken or a charges certificate, separate, lower fees apply that are independent of the land registration fee.
Electronic registration through Kartverket's eDokumentmottak (electronic document reception) became mandatory for banks, lawyers and estate agents from 2017, and private individuals can also submit electronically through Altinn. Electronic submissions are normally processed the same day, while paper submissions can take weeks. The practical consequence: a home exchange transaction in April can be registered and settled the same day, while a paper deed sent in from a deceased estate can sit in the queue in Hønefoss for quite a while.
Placepoint does not show the land registration fee per lookup, but charges, deeds and other registered documents are available in the property panel, so you can quickly assess how many documents need to be registered in a transaction and estimate the total fee cost.
How it looks in Placepoint
In Placepoint you find this in the Property panel:
From Placepoint's dictionary: Tinglysingsgebyr
More information: Kartverket: Fee for registration, Lovdata: Land Registration Act section 12b, Skatteetaten: Document duty
English: Land registration fee.
Frequently asked questions
What does registration cost?
The land registration fee is a fixed state fee per document, regardless of the value of the property. As of 2026 the rate is 545 kroner for real property and housing cooperative shares. Always check the current rate with Kartverket.
What is the difference between the land registration fee and Document duty?
The land registration fee is a processing fee per document and applies to all types of registered document. Document duty is a value based duty of 2.5% of the sale price, and it is triggered only when legal title to real Property is transferred.
Who pays the land registration fee?
The party that submits the document pays. In practice, the Broker or bank advances the fee and collects it from the correct party in the monetary settlement: the buyer for the deed, the buyer for a new charge, the Seller for deleting their own old charge.
Is the land registration fee the same for electronic and paper submissions?
As of 2026 there is one common rate of 545 kroner, regardless of how you submit. Banks, lawyers and estate agents have had to register electronically since 2017; private individuals can choose. Electronic submissions are normally processed the same day, while paper submissions can take weeks.
Does a land registration fee apply when a charge is deleted?
No, deletion is free of charge. Kartverket sets 0 kroner for deleting a document, a release of mortgage, a reduction of a charge and the deletion of a restriction on disposal and other encumbrances.