Storing firearms

If you need to store firearms temporarily or indefinitely until you are authorized to take possession of them yourself or transfer them to another authorized person, we offer legally compliant firearm storage.

Firearm storage is recommended in the following situations:

• Not yet possessing a firearms license.
• Bridging the period during which you are required to acquire a firearm.
• Transferring firearms after premature removal from your own firearms license.
• Secure storage until the legal situation is clarified.
• Temporary loss of your firearms license.

• Legally compliant registration of the firearm(s) in our firearms register.
• Notification of the transfer to the National Weapons Register (NWR).
• Written confirmation of the transfer to the transferor.
• Documentation of the condition.
• Cleaning and preservation of the firearm(s) before storage.
• Notification of the transfer of the firearm(s) to the NWR.
• Deregistration from our firearms register.
• Handover to an authorized person.

Please note that in the case of a transfer for storage, the ownership rights are transferred in accordance with the Weapons Act (exercise of actual control), but you remain the legal owner of the firearm(s) (retention of title).