How do you give up a weapon and get rid of it? - Voluntary abandonment
Verified 31 janvier 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your situation
- You want to give up a weapon that you own as a hunter, licensee (sports shooter, biathlete, ball-trap shooter) or collector
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).
Arms subject to authorization (category A or B) inherited (Article L312-4)
Divestiture of a weapon subject to authorization (article R312-17)
Arms subject to authorization (category A or B) found or inherited (article R312-51)
Found or inherited Category C weapon (Item R312-55)
Collector's Card and Divestiture of a Weapon
Surrender or divestiture of a weapon on the order of the prefect
Divestiture of a weapon
Customized Account Holder in the Weapons Information System (AIS)
Transfer of ownership of a weapon