Authorisation to acquire and possess weapons and ammunition Grant to purchasers following an inheritance

If you inherit firearms or ammunition and want to keep them, you must apply for a gun permit.

If you take possession of weapons or ammunition after the death of the gun owner, you must report this to the competent authority immediately. As an heir, legatee and beneficiary of a condition, you legally acquire and possess the weapon, even if a weapons permit has not yet been granted. However, you must apply for permission in due time. You will receive permission if the testator was the entitled owner and you are reliable and personally suitable. You don't need to be knowledgeable. In principle, inherited weapons subject to authorisation must be secured with a blocking system. A security by a blocking system is not required if, for example, you are the authorized owner or authorized owner of a firearm subject to authorization as a hunter or sports shooter. If there is no state-of-the-art blocking system for the hereditary weapon, you must apply for an exemption from the obligation to block.

County or district-free city

• proof of acquisition as a result of an inheritance, e.g. right to inherit, certificate of inheritance,
• Proof that your weapons and/or ammunition are stored safely,
• where applicable, proof of the installation of a blocking system.

• You are at least 18 years old.
• They are reliable in the sense of the Weapons Act.
• They are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
• the testator was the entitled owner
• You are the acquirer as a result of an inheritance
• You have had a blocking system installed in firearms subject to authorisation, unless there is another need according to § 8 and §§ 13 ff WaffG

You can obtain permission as follows:

• You submit an application and submit the necessary documents
• the required documents are checked, if necessary you must submit further required documents
• Your reliability, your personal suitability, the testator's legitimate possession, your acquisition as a result of an inheritance and, where applicable, the existence of a blocking system are checked
• the decision on weapons law is made

Application deadline for heirs: 1 month after acceptance of the succession or expiry of the waiver period;
Application deadline for legatee and beneficiary: 1 month from acquisition of the firearm

• Administration fee: First weapon possession card with a weapon: EUR 93 plus at least EUR 22 surcharge for reliability and aptitude test to be carried out, further weapon: EUR 17;
• Administration fee: Follow-up gun ownership card: EUR 6 - 69, additional weapon: EUR 17;
• Administration fee: Entering a weapon in an existing gun ownership card: EUR 17;
• Administration fee: Registering or carrying out the securing of a firearm with a blocking system: EUR 12;
• Administrative fee: Admission of an exemption from the blocking obligation: EUR 23 per weapon.