Learn how to surrender your firearms licence or an endorsement and what happens after surrendering.
If you have firearms in your possession, you must transfer them to another firearms licence holder or surrender them to Police.
Please be aware, if you have a business licence, surrender of your firearms licence automatically revokes your business licence.
Read more in the Arms Act 2026 about Effect of expiry or surrender of firearms licence
- Send the form and a photo of your cut up licence card to firearms.NST@firearmssafety.govt.nz
Or
- Take the form and your cut up licence card to your local Police station.
On surrender of your licence, you are no longer licensed to possess arms items or ammunition.
You may also choose to surrender an endorsement held on your licence. If you surrender an endorsement, you must dispose of any arms items you held due to that endorsement.
You should also email firearms.NST@firearmssafety.govt.nz to notify them of your intention to surrender an endorsement.
Upon notification, we will process a new licence card for you to reflect the changes. There is cost to you.
We would also ask that you cut up your old licence card upon receipt of your new card.
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