Erlaubnis zum Erwerb und Besitz sowie Führen von Waffen und Munition für Bewachungsunternehmen und ihr Bewachungspersonal Erteilung

If you wish to carry firearms requiring a permit to accompany or carry out guarding activities, you require a firearms permit. You can find out more here.

You need a firearms license for the security industry and a firearms possession card to carry firearms that require a permit to accompany or carry out security activities, such as personal or property protection and the transportation of money and valuables.

The permit to carry a firearm is limited to a maximum of three years and can be extended twice for up to three years.

Employees who work on the basis of official instructions only require a firearms license for the security industry, not a firearms possession card.

If you are employed in the security industry, the firearms license issued will be handed over to the person responsible at your employer.

• Identity card or passport: as a copy or photo
• Proof of expertise: Official proof of expertise or proof from an officially approved commercial training provider. The certificate of competence must meet the current requirements of § 1 AWaffV (General Weapons Act Ordinance ). This is regularly the case for examinations of competence taken after 01.04.2003.
• Proof of need: Guarding orders or offers that explicitly state the type and scope of the guarding activity as well as the persons, objects or assets to be protected.

• Proof of liability insurance in the amount of EUR 1,000,000 - lump sum for personal injury and property damage
• Proof of safe storage of firearms and ammunition in accordance with § 36 WaffG

• Details of the weapons to be entered in the firearms license (if already known)

For applicants who are employed in the security industry:

• Certificate from the employer:
  • of a current employment relationship and use in an activity requiring the carrying of a weapon. The certificate must contain information on the scope (full-time or part-time) and whether the employment relationship is temporary or permanent. Information that is not relevant can be blacked out.
  • stating the type of security activity to be carried out (cash transportation, transport of valuables, property protection, personal protection)
  • stating which weapon(s) is/are to be carried (if already known)

• Official or specialist medical or psychological certificate of personal suitability for applicants who have not yet reached the age of 25

In order to obtain a firearms license in accordance with § 28 WaffG (Weapons Act), you must

• at least 18 years old,
• reliable within the meaning of § 5 WaffG and
• be personally suitable within the meaning of § 6 WaffG, and
• the required expertise in accordance with § 7 WaffG and
• prove that you have a legal need for firearms in accordance with § 8 WaffG.

• The application for a permit must be submitted to the competent authority in writing or electronically.
• The competent authority checks the documents.
• If the examination is positive, the authority will issue the firearms license for the security business.
• The permit is to be issued if the requirements of the WaffG (Weapons Act) are met, which are necessary to obtain the firearms license as a security company for the security personnel.

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• Permit for the acquisition, possession and carrying of weapons and ammunition for security companies and their security personnel Issue

• Required for the carrying of firearms requiring a permit to accompany or carry out guarding activities, such as personal or property protection as well as the transportation of money and valuables.
• Prerequisites:
  • Completion of the 18th year of age
  • Required reliability and personal suitability
  • Required expertise
  • Need to carry a weapon (guarding particularly endangered persons or objects)
  • liability insurance
  • official or specialist medical or psychological certificate of personal suitability for applicants who have not yet reached the age of 25
• The permit to carry a weapon is limited to a maximum of three years and can be extended twice for up to three years
• Responsible authority: District police authority

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: No

Informal application possible: No

Personal appearance necessary: No