Weapons licence

  • Service description

    If you want to carry a firearm in public, i.e. outside your home or business premises, your pacified property or a shooting range, you need a firearms licence. This also applies to alarm, irritant and signal weapons ("small" firearms licence).

  • Prerequisites

    Requirements for obtaining a firearms licence:

    • Age of majority (18 years),
    • Reliability,
    • Personal suitability,
    • Proof of a need,*
    • Proof of liability insurance,*
    • Proof of technical and legal firearms expertise*.

    * Not required for "small" firearms licence.

  • Legal basis

    Weapons Act (WaffG)

  • Typing

    3a

  • Library entry status

    5

Who should I contact?

The firearms licence is issued by the firearms authority in your district administration or the administration of your district-free city. There you can also find out about the documents and forms you need to bring with you.

Responsible departments