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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Display the transfer of weapons or ammunition only to authorised persons in Germany

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If you leave your weapon and/or ammunition to another person, you must report this to the competent firearms authority within two weeks. The competent firearms authority will then delete the entry for the weapon and/or ammunition from your firearms possession card (WBK) and, if applicable, from your European firearms pass.

You don't have to display it if you

  • leave substantial parts of the weapon for embellishment or similar work to be carried out and then receive them back after completion of the work,
  • provide weapons and/or ammunition as part of a training and employment relationship,
  • Temporarily leave weapons and/or ammunition for shooting at a shooting range.

Who should I contact?

Weapons Authority

Requirements

You have a gun ownership card (WBK).

Which documents are required?

  • Identity card or passport (copy)
  • Wffenbesitzkarte (WBK)
  • European firearms pass, if applicable

Process flow

You must report the surrender of weapons and/or ammunition requiring a permit to the competent firearms authority. Submit the application together with the required documents.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

none

What else should I know?

To be able to fill out the ad faster, you can use the NWR identification numbers (NWR ID):

  • Your personal NWR ID (P or F NWR ID) for your personal information
  • the Permit-NWR-ID for the Weapons Permit (E-NWR-ID)
  • the weapon or weapon part NWR ID (W or T-NWR ID).

You can obtain the NWR IDs upon application to the responsible weapons authority.

To be able to fill out the ad faster, you can use the NWR identification numbers (NWR ID):

  • Your personal NWR ID (P or F NWR ID) for your personal information
  • the Permit-NWR-ID for the Weapons Permit (E-NWR-ID)
  • the weapon or weapon part NWR ID (W or T-NWR ID).

You can obtain the NWR IDs upon application to the responsible weapons authority.

Legal basis

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

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