Erlaubnis zum Erwerb und Besitz von Waffen und Munition Erteilung bei Fortführung einer Sammlung durch Erben

If you wish to acquire and keep a collection of weapons or ammunition as a result of an inheritance, you must apply for a permit to continue the collection.

If you inherit a culturally and historically significant or scientific/technical collection of weapons or ammunition and wish to continue this collection, you require a permit to do so. You can apply for permission to acquire and own any missing items in the collection.

• Proof of acquisition as a result of an inheritance, e.g. entitlement to inherit, certificate of inheritance
• Proof of your expertise
• Proof of sufficient collection status
• Proof that your weapons and/or ammunition are stored safely
• Proof of the installation of a blocking system, if applicable

• You have reached the age of 18.
• You are reliable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
• You are personally suitable within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
• You are competent within the meaning of the Weapons Act.
• The deceased was the holder of a permit in accordance with Section 17 of the Weapons Act.
• You are the acquirer of a collection within the meaning of Section 17 of the Weapons Act as a result of an inheritance.
• You have had a blocking system installed on firearms requiring a permit, unless another requirement pursuant to § 8 and §§ 13 ff. WaffG exists.

Administration fee: EUR 150

You can obtain the permit as follows:

• You make an application and submit the required documents
• The required documents will be checked and you may have to submit additional required documents
• Your age, your reliability, your personal suitability
• Your expertise and your need will be checked (§ 4 Paragraph 1 Numbers 1 to 4 WaffG) and, if applicable, the presence of a blocking system
• a decision will be made regarding the firearms law.

Period of validity of the purchase permit: generally unlimited

Information on the subject of weapons law on the website of the North Rhine-Westphalia police force

• Permission to acquire and possess weapons or ammunition Issued if a collection is continued by heirs, legatees or beneficiaries of the weapons and ammunition collector by condition
• is issued as a result of an inheritance if the collection is continued
• for culturally and historically significant collections, including scientific and technical collections
• not an essentially incomplete collection
• the deceased was the holder of a permit in accordance with Section 17 of the Weapons Act
• Weapons and ammunition are generally not intended for use
• Period of validity: usually unlimited
• Administrative fee: EUR 150
• Responsible: District police authorities

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