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Weapons and ammunition Application for authorisation to maintain customs

  • Service description

    If you are a traditional marksman or markswoman and require weapons and ammunition to maintain your traditions, a need to acquire and possess them is recognised. The licence is limited to single-shot long guns and up to three repeating long guns and the ammunition intended for them. As proof, you need a certificate from the customary shooting association that you need these weapons to maintain the custom. An indication of custom is a long-standing tradition and practice. The use of weapons may only be a necessary part of the cultivation of customs and not the predominant purpose.

  • Procedure

    You can obtain authorisation as follows:

    • You make an application and submit the required documents
    • The required documents will be checked and you may have to submit additional documents,
    • Your age, your reliability, your personal suitability, your expertise and your need are checked (Section 4 (1) numbers 1 to 4 WaffG)
    • the decision under firearms law is made.
  • Who should I contact?

    Please contact the firearms authority in your district. If you live in Dessau-Roßlau, please also contact the firearms authority.

    If you live in Halle or Magdeburg, please contact the respective police department.

  • Prerequisites

    • You have reached the age of 18.
    • You are reliable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
    • You are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
    • You are competent within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
    • You have a need within the meaning of § 16 of the Weapons Act.
  • Which documents are required?

    • Proof of your expertise
    • Proof of your need through proof of the customary shooting association
    • Proof that your weapons and/or ammunition are stored safely
  • What fees are incurred?

    Administration fee: EUR 50

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    Notification of purchase and transfer: within 2 weeks

  • Legal basis

  • Applications / Forms

    no

  • Further information

    Information on the subject of weapons law on the website of the North Rhine-Westphalia police force

  • Short text

    • Authorisation to acquire and possess weapons or ammunition Issue for traditional marksmen and for the preservation of customs
    • is issued for single-shot long guns and up to 3 repeating long guns and ammunition
    • Certificate from the Customs Shooting Association required
    • Administration fee: EUR 50
    • responsible: District police authorities
       
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