Renewal of a weapons permit: procedure, procedure, documents, cost and terms

If there is a hunting rifle, renewal of permission is required every 5 years. To do this, prepare documents and contact the police. The basic rules of this procedure are indicated on the website of the State Services. How an extension of a weapons permit is performed is described in the article.

Types of permitted weapons

The law establishes what types of weapons can be stored and used by an ordinary citizen. The allowed include smoothbore guns. A lot of people live in a difficult climate in Siberia, taiga, in the Far North. In these territories, hunting for animals is considered the main trade, therefore, it is necessary to have a gun. The law allows the storage of hunting rifles with rifled barrel. The main requirement is the lack of the ability to conduct automatic firing.

Allowed is gas and noise weapons. Pistols firing blank cartridges or with a tear mixture are commercially available. Houses are allowed to carry and carry hunting knives and daggers. These devices are usually used for hunting when cutting carcasses of animals. Permission to carry weapons, as well as their storage is a legal requirement. With this document, the availability of devices will be official.

Preparation

About two months before the license expires, the owner of the weapon should:

1. Contact the police at the place of residence and inform about your intention to renew the document. You will be asked to write a statement.
2. After visiting the police, the district police officer checks the storage location of the gun, as well as the availability of a safe. A report is issued on the verification of compliance with the standards, which is included in the list of documents for extending a weapons permit.
3. Weapons must be provided to the police station in order to check serviceability there.

After that, you can start collecting documents that are needed to complete the procedure. There will be no problems with the received document in case of verification.

Documentation

To complete the extension of a weapons permit, documents must be prepared in full. This will require:

1. Copy of the last permission.
2. Matte black and white photographs (2 pcs.) - 3x4.
3. Medical certificate type 046-1.
4. Passport with its copy.
5. Report of the precinct.
6. Confirmation of payment of the fee. In 2016, the state duty to extend a weapons permit was 10 rubles.
7. A hunting ticket with its certified copy.
8. To prolong the license for rifled weapons, confirmation of hunting professional activity is required, for example, an order from the management of a hunting farm. But to extend the license for smoothbore weapons, a document is not needed.

The presence of this list will allow you to go through the procedure for extending documents for weapons. The license serves as the basis for legal storage.

Government services

How are weapons permissions renewed? "Government services" will allow you to quickly go through this procedure. On the site in the search line you need to type “license for weapons” and select the appropriate public service. Application is accepted online.

After its preparation, the applicant receives a notification about the time and place of obtaining permission. Through government services, an application for extension must be submitted 1 month before the expiration of the document. Using this service, the procedure is fast and convenient.

Deadline

If the extension of the weapons permit is not completed in a timely manner, this implies administrative responsibility. In this case, Art. 11/20. Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Violators may be fined 1,000 to 3,000 rubles.

But in practice, the amount is determined by the delay. If it is several weeks, then 1000-1500 rubles are usually assigned. With a long delay, the maximum penalty will be. Prior to payment, a police officer may withdraw a hunting rifle and return it only with an extension of the document.

How long is the application considered?

The extension of the permit for hunting weapons is carried out in a legal manner. After receiving the application for consideration is given 30 days. If the deadlines for extending a weapons permit are not respected and there is a clear delay in making a decision, then there is the opportunity to appeal such actions to a higher police or court, since this area is regulated by law.

Cost

How much does a license renewal cost? If you calculate all the costs, you get the amount of about 3-5 thousand rubles. Since training in handling weapons is not required, the resulting costs will be less than those that were at the initial authorization. But if the license is not renewed on time, then you will have to undergo paid training again.

Reasons for refusal

Over the 5 years during which the permit is valid, much has changed. For example, a person may be registered in a neuropsychiatric or narcological clinic. During this time, it is possible to bring to administrative, criminal liability. Permission to store weapons is not granted for several reasons:

1. If on the basis of a medical examination contraindications to possession of weapons are found.
2. If the owner has committed a serious or especially serious crime.
3. If the applicant is serving a sentence or has served it.
4. If over the past year there has been a re-prosecution.
5. If the applicant does not have a specific place of residence.
6. If the weapon is found to be defective.

Storage

If permission is received to carry weapons, as well as to store them, the rules for their maintenance and storage must be observed. Moreover, they differ from individuals and legal entities. Compliance with storage requirements is verified by each weapon owner.

Individuals must adhere to the following rules:

1. The weapons are stored in safes, drawers, cabinets, which are equipped with reliable locking mechanisms. They are created from strong metals. If these are boxes, then there may be a tree upholstered in iron.
2. When collecting weapons, the law must have a fire alarm in the room. The doorway is equipped with a metal door with a box and several locks.
3. If the apartment is on the first or top floor, you need to install grilles on the windows.

These are simple requirements, but they provide storage security. You can purchase the simplest safe up to 1.5 mm thick. They are sold in specialized stores. Although their cost is quite high, but it is a reliable protection of weapons from theft.

Legal entities need to comply with the requirements more difficult:

1. Ammunition and weapons must be stored separately.
2. The storage place for weapons should be in special rooms equipped in accordance with the requirements.
3. Weapons are stored only in a discharged form, clean and oiled. It must be put on the fuse. The trigger should be lowered.
4. If the weapon is the property of a particular legal entity, then in the storage place there should be a tag with the designation of the model, number, type.
5. It is important that there is a reliable lock, and the walls are less than 2 mm. At the location of the cartridges should be present 2 locks, and the walls should be 3 mm thick.
6. You can buy a safe in a specialized store or online. Many consultants claim that storing weapons requires a specific thickness. But you should rely on the above information.

Lack of license

An extension of a permit for traumatic weapons and other types is required. The Administrative Code of the Russian Federation says that it is impossible to use and store it without a license. Due to the violation, a person will have to pay a fine of up to 3 thousand rubles.

In practice, the amount of fines, as mentioned above, is determined by the deadline for renewal. But in any case, it will be considered that the person does not have a license. In this case, he needs to go through the document renewal procedure, which will allow him to legally store weapons.

If storage, marketing and carrying are illegal, then this is considered a violation of the Criminal Code. A crime will be a situation in which the life and health of people may be at risk. The punishment is set individually in each case. If the weapon is kept by a minor under 14 years old, then the responsibility lies with the parents. After reaching this age, the offender himself is punished. Therefore, timely documentation is important.

Selection recommendations

It should be remembered that possession of a weapon imposes certain obligations on the owner. It is better to spend money on reliable protection and be sure that the thing will not be stolen. You can save on the size of the safe. More overall products with the same parameters are more expensive. If there is only one weapon, you should not purchase a large safe. But it can be purchased by an experienced hunter who has up to 5 guns and rifles.

Weapon safes are:

1. Pistol . They are designed for all short-barreled weapons, including traumatic.
2. Armory . Used to store guns, rifles, carbines, which are divided into models for smoothbore guns and external weapons.

The characteristics of all safes are as follows:

1. Capacity.
2. Burglar resistance.
3. Types of locks - conventional and electronic.

Thus, the cost of equipment is quite high. But with the purchase of such a storage, the weapon will be safe, besides this is a requirement of the law. When checking storage and contents, no complaints will appear against such a user.