Anyone who transfers a firearm that requires a permit to another person must inform the authority in writing about to whom they have transferred the weapon. This concerns the authority that issued the firearms ownership card, which is usually the lower hunting authority.

The notification about the sale must include the name, first name, date of birth, place of birth, and residential address of the buyer, as well as the type and validity period of the acquisition permit. It should be stated here that the weapon was sold, for example, based on a hunting license valid until 31.03.2024. If the weapon is sold to a dealer, it is sufficient to provide the name of the company and the address. The deadline for this notification to the authority is – as is the deadline for the buyer to register the weapon with the authority – two weeks.

Exceeding this deadline is an administrative offense that is subject to a fine and is usually reported by the authorities. You can find a non-binding sample purchase contract for the transfer of firearms requiring a permit from one private individual to another, which can then be adapted to the respective individual case, in our forms: