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Act relating to mediation and procedure in civil disputes (The Dispute Act)

DateLOV-2005-06-17-90
MinistryMinistry of Justice and Public Security
Entry into force01.01.2008
Last consolidatedLOV-2017-06-16-63 from 01.01.2018
Not yet incorporatedLOV-2018-06-15-37, LOV-2018-06-22-79, LOV-2018-06-22-80, LOV-2019-03-15-6, LOV-2019-06-14-21, LOV-2020-03-27-15, LOV-2020-04-17-26, LOV-2020-06-12-67, LOV-2019-06-14-21, LOV-2020-12-18-147, LOV-2021-06-18-97, LOV-2021-06-18-126, LOV-2022-03-11-9, LOV-2022-05-12-28, LOV-2022-06-17-58, LOV-2023-05-11-13, LOV-2024-12-13-78, LOV-2025-06-20-40, LOV-2026-05-07-17, LOV-2026-05-22-19, LOV-2026-06-19-45
Abbreviated titleThe Dispute Act
Original titleLov om mekling og rettergang i sivile tvister (tvisteloven)
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Amendment Acts incorporated in this text: Act 26.01.2007 No. 3, Act 15.06.2007 No. 38, Act 29.06.2007 No. 68, Act 29.06.2007 No. 81, Act 21.12.2007 No. 127, Act 21.12.2007 No. 119, Act 12.12.2008 No. 85, Act 19.06.2009 No. 79, Act 10.12.2010 No. 76, Act 15.04.2011 No. 11, Act 11.05.2012 No. 26, Act 25.05.2012 No. 28, Act 05.04.2013 No. 12, Act 31.05.2013 No. 25, Act 19.06.2015 No. 65, Act 04.09.2015 No. 91, Act 22.04.2016 No. 3, Act 22.04.2016 No. 4, Act 17.02.2017 No. 7, Act 28.04.2017 No. 19, Act 16.06.2017 No. 63.

Amendment Acts incorporated by Lovdata although not in chronological order: Act 22 June 2018 No. 83 as amended by Act 21 June 2019 No. 55 (in force 1 November 2019), Act 22 April 2016 No. 4 (in force 1 January 2020), Act 20 December 2023 No. 110 (in force 24 May 2024, repealing amendment of section 4-4 (4) in amendment act 17 June 2016 No. 55), Act 17 June 2016 No. 55 (in force 1 July 2021).

Amendment Acts not incorporated in this text:

Amendment actEntry into forceAmending
Act 15 June 2018 No. 371 July 2018.Section 22-5
New section 22-3a.
Act 22 June 2018 No. 791 October 2018.Sections 13-7, 23-2 and 24-1.
Act 22 June 2018 No. 801 January 2019.Section 6-14.
Act 15 March 2019 No. 61 January 2020.Section 34-4.
Act 14 June 2019 No. 21 as amended by Act 18 December 2020 No. 1491 January 2021.Section 6-2.
Act 27 March 2020 No. 151 January 2021.Sections 14-4, 22-10, 22-12.
New section 34-8.
Act 17 April 2020 No. 261 July 2020.Sections 6-2, 6-10, 10-1, 10-5 and 29-13.
Act 12 June 2020 No. 671 July 2021.Section 34-7.
Act 18 December 2020 No. 1471 February 2021.Section 6-13.
Act 18 June 2021 No. 971 January 2023.Sections 1-4 a, 36-3 and 36-10.
Act 18 June 2021 No. 1261 July 2021.Section 22-5.
Act 11 March 2022 No. 91 January 2023.Section 34-7.
Act 12 May 2022 No. 28 as amended by Act 21 June 2024 No. 461 January 2025Sections 3-3, 6-7 and 22-5
Act 17 Juni 2022 No. 581 July 2022.Sections 12-1, 13-1, 19-3, 19-4 and 21-10.
Act 11 May 2023 No. 131 July 2023 and 1 January 2024 see res 11 May 2023 No. 683).Sections 1-3, 2-1, 3-4, 3-8, 4-2, 6-2, 6-6, 6-11, 6-13, 6-14, 8-3, 9-4, 9-10, 9-16, 10-2, 10-4, 14-6, 15-5, 16-16, 18-2, 19-4, 20-5, 20-6, 20-10, 20-12, 26-8, 29-13, 29-17, 35-8, 35-12,
New sections 22-6 a, 36-6 a.
Incorportated amendments: section 4-4.
Act 13 December 2024 No. 781 January 2025Sections 13-6, 14-1, 24-8, 24-9 and 36-6 a.
Act 20 June 2025 No. 40Not yet in forceSection 22-3 (2)
Act 7 May 2026 No. 171 July 2026Sections 23-2 and 24-1
Act 22 May 2026 No. 19Not yet in forceSections 6-3 and 6-7
Act 19 June 2026 No. 451 July 2026Sections 33-5, 33-6, 33-7, 34-4,

This is an unofficial translation of the Norwegian version of the Act and is provided for information purposes only. Legal authenticity remains with the Norwegian version as published in Norsk Lovtidend. In the event of any inconsistency, the Norwegian version shall prevail.

The translation is provided by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.