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In most cases, a licence is required to handle weapons or ammunition.
Do you want to manufacture, process or repair firearms or ammunition commercially or independently as part of a commercial enterprise?
Then you need a weapons manufacturing licence.
the district police authority
The district police authority is, depending on the location of the business premises
To obtain a firearms manufacturing licence, you must
You must apply to the competent authority for a firearms manufacturing licence. Depending on the location of your business premises, the district office, the municipal administration (in urban districts and large district towns) or the administrative community is responsible. The application form is available there. Some authorities offer the application form for download.
Note: The competent authority will check whether you have the necessary reliability. In particular, it will obtain the following information:
The weapons authority responsible at will also check your personal suitability. For this purpose,it will obtain the following information:
If the competent authority has concerns as to whether you are personally suitable, it can obtain a
You must provide proof of your expertise, need and professional status yourself.
The licence expires if the licence holder has not commenced the activity within one year of the licence being granted or has not exercised it for one year. The time limits may be extended for special reasons.
The amount of the fees depends on the municipal fee regulations. Please enquire with the responsible authority.
The holder of a firearms manufacturing licence or firearms trading licence pursuant to Section 21 (1) sentence 1 shall immediately notify the competent authority electronically of the following handling of completed firearms whose acquisition or possession requires the licence:
The obligation to notify also applies if a blocking system is installed or unlocked.
Proxy licence
Do you wish to appoint a proxy or a person to manage a branch or dependent branch office for your firearms trade requiring a licence? Then you will need a deputy licence. This licence will only be issued if the deputy also has the necessary reliability, personal suitability and specialist knowledge.
Notification obligations
As the holder of a firearms manufacturing licence, you must notify the competent authority of the following changes within two weeks:
As part of the notification of commencement or opening, you must also specify the persons authorised to manage the business or branch. You must also report the appointment or departure of a person responsible for managing the business or branch. In the case of legal entities, the change of a person authorised to represent the company by law, articles of association or partnership agreement must be notified.
Waffengesetz (WaffG):
Allgemeine Waffengesetz-Verordnung (AWaffV):
Waffenregistergsetz (WaffRG):
machine generated, based on the German release by: Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, 21.10.2025
