In Georgia the acquisition of civil weapons — defence, sport and hunting firearms, gas weapons and signal weapons — is lawful only on the basis of an appropriate permit issued by the Legal Entity of Public Law, the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. This rule is written directly into the Law of Georgia on Arms, and no alternative route exists. If you intend to acquire a weapon lawfully, your path starts with the permit and ends with registration of the weapon — and at every stage along that path there is a real risk of refusal if the documentation is incomplete or a procedural detail has been missed.
The service described on this page is precisely the full legal support of that process: from preparing for the examination and arranging the health certificate, through filing the application with the Service Agency, to the issuance of the permit and the registration of the weapon. We do not replace the Agency — we make sure your file succeeds the first time.
Types of permit — which permit is issued for which weapon
The law distinguishes permits by the right they confer — acquisition with the right of storage only, or acquisition with the rights of storage and carrying. An acquisition permit (with the right of storage) is issued for defence firearms and sport short firearms. An acquisition permit (with the rights of storage and carrying) is issued for defence gas weapons, hunting firearms, sport long firearms, and signal weapons. The distinction matters in practice: a permit for a short firearm does not include the right to carry it, while permits for hunting and long sport weapons do.
The law also regulates separately the weapons of persons who retained the carrying right after leaving service, and weapons transferred with service-weapon status. Framing your request correctly begins with determining which of these categories your plans fall into.