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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.

Report the acquisition of a weapon requiring a permit

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If you have a firearm possession card and purchase a firearm that requires a licence, you must notify the competent authority within two weeks.

You can acquire the weapon by making it available or by purchasing it from an arms dealer.

If you are a sport shooter and have a yellow gun ownership card, you must state the recognized shooting sports regulations as well as the discipline permitted for the respective weapon.

On the basis of the report, the weapon will be entered in your gun ownership card and the previous entry will be deleted. If you have a European firearms pass, you can also register the weapon you have purchased there.

If you purchase a weapon on the basis of a previous entry, you can also apply for an ammunition acquisition certificate with the notification. To do this, you need to indicate for which of the weapons you want to purchase the ammunition that you indicated in the ad.

If you do not report the purchase or do not report it within two weeks, you are committing an administrative offence.

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 permitNWR-ID for the firearms permit (E-NWR-ID)
  • the weapons or weapon part NWR ID (W or T-NWR ID).

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

Requirements

Entitlement to purchase (pre-entry) in weapon possession card (WBK) or hunting license

Applications / forms

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance required: No

Which documents are required?

  • Identity card or passport (copy)
  • Weapon Possession Card (WBK) or Hunting License with Acquisition Authorization (Preliminary Entry)
  • European firearms pass (if registration desired)

What are the fees?

Fee: 25,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no

Process flow

You can report the acquisition of a weapon requiring a permit in writing or online.

If you wish to notify the purchase in writing:

  • You fill out the form that you can obtain from the relevant firearms authority.
  • You send the signed form and your weapon possession card (WBK) or your hunting licence and, if applicable, your European firearms pass to the competent firearms authority.
  • You can also visit the relevant firearms authority in person.

If you want to view the purchase online:

  • You submit the complaint via the online service of the responsible firearms authority.

You can either send your firearms possession card or hunting licence and, if applicable, your European firearms passport by post to the responsible firearms authority or bring it in person.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

There is no deadline.

Legal basis

Appeal

Action for an obligation before the Administrative Court

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

Further Links

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