parking ticket in Norway, what happens if I don't pay?

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The website of the Bærum municipality says :

Betalingsfrist er tre uker fra ileggelsesdato. Dersom kontrollsanksjonen ikke betales innen fristen, kan den inndrives som et alminnelig pengekrav. Det kan ikke tas særskilte gebyr for inndriving av kontrollsanksjon, utover det som eventuelt måtte følge av annen lovgivning.

Translated in English by Google Translate :

The deadline for payment is three weeks from the date of imposition. If the control sanction is not paid within the deadline, it can be recovered as a general monetary claim. No separate fee can be charged for the recovery of a control sanction, beyond what may be required by other legislation.

Which means that they can (and likely will) submit the details to a collection agency and then the collection agency will try to get the money from you.

As this is not a traffic fine (parking seems to be under the cities jurisdiction), you seem that you aren't risking any more penalty (An unpaid NOK660 traffic fine fine could land you in jail for 3 days under Norwegian law for example)

You may be sent to court by the collections agency though, and have to pay a way higher fine down the line, this is an unknown however.

If it is your car, you could wait for the collection agency.

But if it is a rental car, I would advise against skipping that fine and just prefer paying it outright, as the rental company will find out and request that fine money from you along with a sizable fee.

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Just an addition to Nicolas Formichella's basically correct answer, but too long for a comment:

Penalties for parking violations are in Norway not court imposed fines (and therefore not covered by EU agreements covering the collection of fines) but in practice rather comparable to civil claims. They are imposed either by the municipality (as in this case) or private parking lot operators.

If you don't pay the fee, most Norwegian municipalities will for foreign vehicles hand over the claim to the collection agency Euro Parking Collection plc and they will find you and send you a new claim with a not unsubstantial collection fee added on top of the original claim. If you ignore that claim, you must expect that EPC will initiate whatever legal processes are common in Belgium to enforce payment of civil debts.

Not related to your question, but just an advice: If you should have outstanding toll payments in Norway, you are also likely to hear from EPC about that as well.

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