Weapons, ammunition or permit certificates; notification of loss

You must immediately report the loss of weapons, ammunition and firearms licenses that require a permit. Weapons licenses include the following

• Weapons possession card,
• Ammunition purchase license,
• Weapons license,
• Small firearms license,
• Shooting permit,
• European firearms pass,
• Replacement certificate for gun ownership card or gun license,
• other permits (e.g. weapons trading or manufacturing permit, carry or transfer permit, special permit for carrying weapons at public events).

You can also report the loss of several weapons/ammunition and permit certificates in one report.

If you report that you have lost permit documents, you should also apply for replacement documents to be issued to you at the same time.

In addition, you must report to the police that you have lost weapons and/or permit certificates.

If you find the weapons and permits again, you must report this to the responsible weapons authority. You must return any replacement documents that may have been issued.

You have lost a weapon, ammunition or a permit.

There are no costs for the notification itself. However, the reported weapons must be removed from the permit documents, for which costs of EUR 7.50 to 10.00 per weapon are incurred.

• § Section 37b (3) of the Weapons Act (WaffG)

You must report the loss of weapons, ammunition or permit certificates to the competent weapons authority.

You can use the NWR identification numbers (NWR ID) to fill in the form more quickly:

• Your Personal NWR ID (P or F NWR ID) for your personal details
• the permitNWR ID for the firearms permit (E-NWR ID)
• the weapon or weapon part NWR ID (W or T NWR ID).

You can obtain the NWR-IDs on application to the relevant firearms authority.

• Weapons possession card; application for a shooting club
• Hunting license and falconry license; application for issue and renewal
• Weapons possession card; application for hunting association
• Weapons and ammunition; application for a permit to bring them into, through or out of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Firearms license; application