What if you find or inherit a weapon? - You want to keep the gun
Verified 02 août 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
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You're a hunter
You have a valid hunting license
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent if you have not already done so and declare the weapon in your digital rack.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must obtain authorization to possess such a weapon.
You can get a detention permit to practice sport shooting or if you are exposed to serious risks to your safety as a result of your professional activity.
If you don't get permission to detain before the end of the 1 year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
You're fired as a sports shooter
You have a valid license for sport shooting issued by the French Shooting Federation
You have the required authorization to possess this weapon
You do not have to take any steps if you have a valid license from the French Shooting Federation for shooting practice.
Make sure, however, that you have not reached the maximum number of weapons allowed through your SIA account.
You have the required authorization to possess this weapon but you have reached the maximum number of authorized weapons
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent if you have not already done so and declare the weapon in your digital rack.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must comply with the rules on arms quotas.
If you do not do so before the end of the 1-year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
You don't have the required authorization to possess this weapon
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent if you have not already done so and declare the weapon in your digital rack.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must obtain authorization to possess such a weapon.
If you don't get permission to detain before the end of the 1 year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
You are licensed to practice ball-trap or biathlon
You have a valid ball-trap or ski (biathlon) federation sports license
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent and declare the weapon online.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must obtain authorization to possess such a weapon.
You can get a detention permit to practice sport shooting or if you are exposed to serious risks to your safety as a result of your professional activity.
If you don't get permission to detain before the end of the 1 year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
You have a collector's card
You have a valid collector card
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent and declare the weapon online.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must obtain authorization to possess such a weapon.
You can get a detention permit to practice sport shooting or if you are exposed to serious risks to your safety as a result of your professional activity.
If you don't get permission to detain before the end of the 1 year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
You're in a different situation
You have not licensed shooting, ball-trap or ski federations (biathlon) to hunt, collect, or hold a valid sports license.
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent and declare the weapon online.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must hand over the gun to a gunsmith in a three-month period from the declaration of the weapon.
That gunsmith keeps the weapon for 1 year.
Before the end of this 1 year period, you must obtain authorization to possess such a weapon.
You can get a detention permit to practice sport shooting or if you are exposed to serious risks to your safety as a result of your professional activity.
If you don't get permission to detain before the end of the 1 year period, you have to get rid of the gun.
You have 5 possibilities to divest yourself of the weapon:
- Sell the gun to a gunsmith
- Sell the firearm to an individual through a licensed dealer or broker
- Hand the weapon over to a gunsmith for destruction (a fee the gunsmith can charge)
- Hand the weapon over to a police station or gendarme brigade for destruction or valorization. You must complete and sign the cerfa form no. 11845.
- Deposit the weapon with a gunsmith designated by the State, for destruction or recovery (attention : experimentation with this method of divestiture is interrupted until further notice).
Please note
Failure to comply with the rules on the divestment of the weapon shall be punished by a fine of €750
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You're a hunter
You have a valid hunting license
You must create a SIA account if you have not already done so, and declare the weapon online.
You're fired as a sports shooter
You have a valid license for sport shooting issued by the French Shooting Federation
You must create a SIA account if you have not already done so, and declare the weapon online.
You are licensed to practice ball-trap or biathlon
You have a valid ball-trap or ski (biathlon) federation sports license
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent and declare the gun online.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must attach a copy of your sport license for shooting, ball-trap or biathlon to the declaration.
You have a valid collector card
You have a valid collector card
You must create an account in AIS: titleContent and declare the gun online.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
You must attach a copy of your valid collector's card to the return.
You're in a different situation
You have no license to hunt, no collector's card, no sports license from the shooting, ball-trap or ski (biathlon) federations in force
You must create a SIA account and declare the weapon online.
You must attach to the return in a three-month period one medical certificate.
The medical certificate must less than one month old and certify that your physical and mental health is consistent with the possession of Class C weapons.
Weapons Information System (AIS) - Owner Space
If you do not provide the medical certificate within 3 months, you will receive a order from the prefect to divest you of the weapon.
Please note
Failure to comply with the rules on the divestment of the weapon shall be punished by a fine of €750
Rule for a Class A or B weapon (Article L312-4)
Rule for a Class A or B weapon (section R312-51)
Rule for a Class C weapon (section R312-55)
Divestiture of the weapon
Customized Account Holder in the Weapons Information System (AIS)
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