The enforcement organisation

Enforcement authorities

Enforcement tasks are carried out by local enforcement authorities, that is, district enforcement officers and the Åland provincial enforcement officer. These officials are assisted by assistant enforcement officers, who are in practice in charge of most individual enforcement tasks (some 2,5 million tasks per year). The enforcement offices have also clerical staff. In all, the personnel of the enforcement service numbers some 1,400.

Enforcement districts are centred on district enforcement offices ; one enforcement district normally covers the territory of one or several state local districts. There are 22 such districts in all.

Enforcement district contact information

Enforcement administration

As a result of administrative reform, The National Adminstrative Office for Enforcement started its operation in Finland in the beginning of year 2010. The tasks of the new authority originate from the Ministry of Justice and the former Provincial State Offices in Finland.

The National Administrative Office for Enforcement is in charge of operative administration, education, personnel management and supervision of the enforcement services in Finland. The Ministry of Justice has still a role in strategic and budgetary planning as well as legislative planning.

Appeal

Updated on 3rd of May 2011