Deaktivierung/Unbrauchbarmachung oder Zerstörung von erlaubnisbedürftigen Waffen anzeigen

If you have had your weapons rendered unusable or destroyed, you must report this within two weeks.

If you have had your weapons rendered unusable, you must immediately report this to the relevant firearms authority.

Weapons [HM1] or their essential parts are rendered permanently unusable if the firing ability or function cannot be restored with commonly used tools.

If, however,

• the chamber has not been permanently modified in such a way that neither ammunition nor propellants can be loaded,
• the closure has not been rendered permanently inoperable,
• in grips or other essential weapon parts for handguns, handguns, the trigger mechanism has not been rendered permanently inoperable,
• in the case of handguns, the barrel does not run its entire length, starting in the chamber,
  • a continuous longitudinal slit of at least 4 mm width up to the muzzle, or
  • at intervals of 3 cm each, but at least 3 calibre-sized bores, or
  • other equivalent running changes

• in the case of long guns, the barrel in the third facing the chamber does not have at least 6 calibre-sized bores or other equivalent barrel modifications and is permanently closed in front of them in the direction of the barrel muzzle with a calibre-sized hardened steel pin,

then the same provisions will continue to apply to these weapons as to functional weapons requiring a licence.

You must have the weapons rendered unusable by a gunsmith/gun manufacturer. They will then issue you with a deactivation certificate as proof. You must keep the deactivation certificate together with the weapons that have been rendered unusable or take it with you when transporting such weapons. If you lose the deactivation certificate, you must immediately report this to the competent weapons authority.

If you have notified the weapon and presented the certificate of deactivation, the competent firearms authority will remove this weapon from your licence to possess and acquire weapons (WBK) and, if applicable, from your European firearms pass.

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.

• Identity card or passport (copy)
• Licence documents (e.g. firearms possession card, European firearms pass) in which the weapons are registered (if available)
• Deactivation certificate (officially certified copy) or proof of destruction of the weapon (e.g. presentation of the destroyed weapon or detailed image documentation of the destruction process)
• Power of attorney/proof of activity/other proof, if the notifier is not the permit holder, e.g. insolvency/compulsory administrator, officially appointed guardian, possessor (in the event of death of the permit holder)

• You must have a certificate of deactivation or proof of destruction of the weapon.
• Weapons rendered unusable whose functionality cannot be restored with conventional tools.

You can report the disabling of the weapons in writing or online.

If you want to notify us in writing:

• You fill out the form that you can obtain from the relevant firearms authority.
• You enclose your permit for the possession and acquisition of the weapons (weapon possession card – WBK) in which the weapons are registered (if available) or indicate that the weapon possession card (WBK) does not exist or can no longer be found, as well as the deactivation certificate.
• You send the signed form and the documents by post to the responsible weapons authority.
• You can also visit the relevant firearms authority in person. If the documents are complete, the weapons that have been rendered unusable from the WBK may be removed from the WBK.

If you want to view the rendering online:

• You submit the application via the online service of the responsible firearms authority and upload a copy of the deactivation certificate.
• The permit for the acquisition and possession of weapons (weapon possession card – WBK) (if available) can either be sent by post to the responsible weapons authority or brought in person to the competent weapons authority. This is where the weapon is carried out. You will also need to present the original deactivation certificate or an officially certified copy of the deactivation certificate there.

There is no deadline.

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.

Action for an obligation before the Administrative Court

• Notification of weapons that have been rendered unusable or destroyed and require a permit
• The disabling or deactivation of weapons must be reported immediately
• Weapons or their essential parts are rendered permanently unusable if the firing ability or function cannot be restored with commonly used tools.
• Disabling is only permitted by the holder of a weapon manufacturing license
• Proof of rendering unusable by means of a certificate of deactivation
• Weapons that have been demonstrably rendered unusable are removed from the Permit for the Acquisition and Possession of Weapons (WBK)
• The certificate of deactivation must be kept permanently and carried when the deactivated weapon is taken.
• Loss of the deactivation certificate must be reported immediately
• Responsible: Weapons Authority

Weapons Authority