"I would like to know how long they are going to keep the fine in their records"
They key word here is 'they'. Think who you mean by 'they', and it may answer your own question.
If you were 'fined' for bringing a Dutch library book back late, would the 'fine' be on Police records and accessed by immigration officers?
Were you fined' by police on the train? Or by NS Dutch railways? Are NS the police?
Usually such train fines are a matter of civil law, i.e. the train company would have to collect the fine in a civil court; just the same situation as if your neighbour would owe you money and you'd try to claim it back from him.
The authorities are usually not interested in civil matters and the police could not care less if you owe NS 100 € or if Mr Hrdlicka from Praha 1 owes you 10000 czech crowns.
BUT: I wrote usually as I have no idea about the Durch legal system, perhaps there's a special law that makes such fines public fines enforceable by the authorities.
So: to answer your question you'd have to hire a Durch lawyer who will probably charge more than the fine's worth. Or find out the hard way.
Pfffff, get over yourself coccinellefr!
It's your own choice: you can be a thief and keep looking over your shoulder in fear of being caught, as you are doing now. But don't come whining about it to us. We didn't ask you to steal from our country. It was your own choice, so deal with the consequences.
Or, option 2, choose to pay the fine and clear your conscience because it's obviously troubling you (if not your conscience, the fear of getting caught). And again: don't come whining to us about it.
Hello Anyone that can help?
My daughter and her boyfriend recently travelled to holland and picked up a fine on the train! Youngsters not listening to advice! Nothing new there!
She is out of the country at moment but she recieved a letter (all in dutch) I want to pay the fine but cannot contact the company who sent the letter! Phone number is a number you call when in holland? I have tried adding international code (0031) and dropping the first 0 etc, but still no luck!
The letter is from "Connexxion" and the address is based in Haarlem.
I need info to assist me in paying the fine!!!!!!
Please help,
Regards,
Leeding
leeding, there are plenty of Dutch speakers here. If you want help eiher write the phone number so we can check if you're dialing it correctly or, even better, post the Dutch content of the letter here and somebody will translate.
if you can't type it, take a picture of the letter and post it on the internet (using Picasa or Flickr or some other photo hosting site) and provide a link so we can read it.