You can view the land register in Kartverket’s Eiendomsregisteret service. If you need an official extract, order a certified land register extract. To read the actual agreement behind an entry, you must order a copy of the registered document.
Which document do you need?
Start with the question you want answered. Do you want to check who is registered as the owner, read an old road-use agreement or provide documentation to an authority? These tasks do not always require the same document.
Kartverket, the Norwegian Mapping Authority, is the government agency responsible for the land register. Registration, or tinglysing, means recording a right or obligation there. This guidance was checked on 2 November 2026. SamfunnPrep has more guides to housing and public services.
| What you need | What to choose |
|---|---|
| See what is currently registered | The active land register view in Eiendomsregisteret |
| Obtain official confirmation of the register’s contents | A certified land register extract |
| Read the contents of a particular agreement | A copy of the registered document |
| Investigate previous owners or deleted entries | A historical land register extract, within the period it covers |
The land register extract is an overview. A heading about a right of way does not necessarily tell you who may use the road or what conditions the parties agreed. For that, you need the document itself.
How do you find the correct property?
Search by address or by municipality, farm number and holding number in Eiendomsregisteret. Viewing the land register is free and requires login through ID-porten. Check the property identification before continuing.
Real property may also have a leasehold number or a unit number. For a housing cooperative share, you will see the cooperative’s name, organisation number and share number. Do not order simply because the street name matches; check that you have selected the correct property or share.
The title section identifies the registered owner, known as the hjemmelshaver. If several people have registered ownership, the extract also shows their ownership fractions. The encumbrances section, or heftelser, lists registered obligations, such as rights that others have over the property. Basic property information includes its creation and changes. See Kartverket’s explanation of the land register.
Write down the property identification and the date you checked the register. This makes it easier to ask Kartverket or someone helping you with the property a precise question.
Where do you find a right belonging to your property?
You must look at the land register for the property that granted the right. The right may therefore appear as an encumbrance on a property other than your own.
Consider this example: you want to investigate an agreement that is supposed to give your home a right to use a road across a neighbouring property. Check the register entry for the property that the road crosses. If you find a relevant registration, order the document to read what the agreement actually says.
This example does not determine whether you have a particular right of way. Avoid drawing a conclusion from the heading alone. Note the document number and registration date, and collect the questions the text does not answer.
How do you order an extract or document copy?
Once logged in, you can proceed from the register view to ordering. You can copy the document number from the view. Check the complete number, not just a year or a short description.
Follow these steps:
- Find the correct property or housing cooperative share.
- Decide whether you need an extract, a document copy or historical information.
- Select the document and check its identification.
- State whether you are ordering as an individual or for a business.
- Check the documents and cost before confirming the order.
As an individual, you will find the documents in your inbox in Eiendomsregisteret. Log in through ID-porten to save or print them. For businesses, documents are delivered to the business’s inbox in Altinn. If you cannot access them there, the person logged in may lack the necessary permissions.
Kartverket states that document copies are processed and delivered within one working day. Certified land register extracts are delivered shortly after ordering. See the current guidance on digital ordering and delivery. Allow for delivery time if someone is waiting for the document.
How much does an order cost?
In 2026, a certified land register extract costs NOK 260. A historical land register extract also costs NOK 260, as does a copy of a registered document. Prices appear in Kartverket’s fee schedule.
The fee applies to each document ordered. If you order one certified extract and one document copy, the total is NOK 520 at these rates. More documents mean a higher total cost. Check the price in the service before submitting, especially after the turn of the year.
This is payment for documentation. Ordering a copy does not register new ownership or a new right. Fees for submitting new documents for registration are a separate part of the price list.
An invoice arrives after ordering. Individuals may receive it as an eFaktura, in a digital mailbox or by post. Kartverket states that there is no right of withdrawal once the order has been confirmed and submitted. If you receive an incorrect or illegible document, contact Kartverket about the delivery.
What if you do not have BankID or need the document abroad?
Kartverket has an order form for special cases. It can be used, among others, by individuals without Norwegian BankID or who cannot order digitally themselves. Foreign businesses also have a separate route to this service.
The form is also relevant if you need documentation with an original stamp and signature for use outside Norway. The document is then delivered by post. Check what the recipient abroad needs before ordering. Do not assume that an ordinary digital copy meets every requirement.
If you have a protected address, do not use this form. Call Kartverket’s customer service on 32 11 80 00 for the correct procedure. The form must not contain sensitive personal information either.
What if the document is old or unavailable to order?
The historical land register shows previous ownership transfers and deleted encumbrances from the period after the transition to an electronic register. It does not cover the property’s entire history. For older information, you may need the old manual land register. See the explanation of the historical land register.
Kartverket does not hold copies of every registered document. Documents registered in 1950 or earlier are normally available through Digitalarkivet. Kartverket can help with information such as the document number, date, deed register volume and page number. See the list of documents that cannot be ordered from Kartverket.
Attachments such as powers of attorney and probate certificates are not automatically included when you order the main document. Access to such supporting documents may need to be requested separately. A missing result in the ordering service therefore does not, by itself, mean that a right never existed.
Kartverket can help with register information but does not interpret a disputed agreement for the parties. If there is disagreement about its contents, you may need legal help. Bring the complete document and the question you want clarified. You will find more practical tools at SamfunnPrep.
