Weapons; notification of the acquisition of a weapon requiring a permit

To acquire and possess firearms requiring a permit, you require prior official permission (firearms possession card [with previous entry if applicable] or hunting license). An application for this must be submitted to the district administrative authority responsible for you (see also "Related topics").

As soon as you acquire a weapon requiring a permit, transfer your weapon to someone else or modify your weapon by converting or replacing a significant part, you are obliged to notify the competent district administrative authority within two weeks.

It is recommended that you inform yourself in detail about the regulations of firearms law before submitting your application.

To contact the competent authority, please use the "Secure contact form for hunting, weapons and fishing law" button above.
In the Forms section you will find the template for the "Notification of the acquisition of firearms".

• When purchasing a weapon: Authorization to purchase (gun ownership card [with previous entry if applicable] or hunting license)
• When transferring a weapon: the recipient's right to acquire it

The competent district administrative authority must be notified within two weeks of the acquisition or transfer as well as the modification by conversion or replacement of a significant part.

• Notification of the acquisition of firearms

Fees may be incurred for the entry of a weapon in the gun ownership card or the removal of a weapon from the gun ownership card.

Registration: EUR 15.00 for the first weapon plus EUR 7.50 for each additional weapon

Registration: 10 EUR for the first weapon plus 7.50 EUR for each additional weapon

• § Section 10 (1) of the Weapons Act (WaffG)
• § Section 13 (3) of the Weapons Act (WaffG)
• § Section 34 of the Weapons Act (WaffG)
• § Section 37a of the Weapons Act (WaffG)

• European firearms pass; application
• Small firearms license; application
• Weapons; General information
• Weapons manufacture; application for a permit
• Weapons; notification of the transfer of a weapon or ammunition requiring a permit
• Shooting range; application for an operating license
• Green firearms possession card for individual persons; application
• Weapons and ammunition; application for a permit to bring them into, through or out of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Arms trade; application for a permit
• Shooting permit; application