How to apply for a firearm, shotgun or explosives certificate | Essex Police

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Find out below how to apply for or renew a firearm, shotgun or explosives certificate. Whether you’re a firearm owner, firearm dealer, shooting club member or planning to travel with firearms, answer a few quick questions and we’ll guide you to the right form and everything you need to complete it.

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Apply for or renew a firearm or shotgun certificate outside our jurisdiction

Apply for a firearm certificate

Renew a firearm certificate

Apply for a one-for-one variation to a firearm certificate

Add additional firearms to a current certificate.

Apply for a shotgun certificate

Renew a shotgun certificate

Update a certificate to include less than 15kg of explosives for use in a firearm

Apply for a certificate to own less than 15kg of explosives for use in a firearm

Apply for a certificate to possess less than 15kg of explosives for use in a re-enactment.

Apply for a certificate to acquire less than 15kg of explosives for use other than in a firearm or re-enactment.

Apply for a certificate to acquire and store 15kg to 2000kg of explosives

Apply for a certificate to acquire more than 2000kg of explosives

Apply for a certificate to travel with a firearm to the UK from a country outside the EU.

Apply for a certificate to travel with a firearm to the UK from an EU country.

Apply for a certificate to travel with a firearm from the UK to a country outside the EU.

Apply for a certificate to travel with a firearm from the UK to an EU country.

Register for or renew a firearms dealer certificate as an individual

Register for or renew a firearms dealer certificate as a company

Add a place of business to a current dealer certificate.

Add a permanent place of business to a current dealer certificate

Add a temporary place of business to a current dealer certificate

Add a place of business outside our jurisdiction to a current dealer certificate.

Transfer ownership or dispose of a firearm.

Apply for a firearm and shotgun certificate

Renew a firearm and shotgun certificate

Renew a firearm certificate and apply for a new shotgun certificate

Renew a shotgun certificate and apply for a new firearm certificate

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