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title: "Storage, Transport and Export of Firearms — Rules and Restrictions"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/firearms-storage-transport-en"
field: "Licensing & Regulatory Permits"
description: "Storage of weapons, transport, import and export, import by foreign citizens and circulation restrictions under Georgian legislation. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Storage, Transport and Export of Firearms — Rules and Restrictions

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/licensing-and-regulatory-permits-en/firearms-storage-transport-en

## Rules for the Storage of Weapons

The rules for storing weapons and ammunition depend on who owns them. Weapons and ammunition of state institutions — establishments within the systems of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, the system of the Ministry of Justice, the State Security Service, the Special State Protection Service and the Prosecutor's Office — are stored under the procedure established by the normative acts of those agencies. For weapons owned by the National Bank of Georgia, banking institutions and the structural subdivisions of civil aviation security, the storage procedure is established by an order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

Legal entities active in the sporting and hunting sphere establish their own internal storage rules, but only in conformity with the requirements set by the Minister of Internal Affairs: entities engaged in hunting determine the rules for the storage, accounting, issue and security of their hunting firearms, ammunition and signal weapons; the holder of a permit for a shooting range or a shooting and hunting stand determines the rules for the accounting, issue, movement and use of weapons on the territory, the conduct and recording of shooters and the firing positions; and for a member legal entity of a federation or sporting organisation, the storage rules are established by its head. Failure to establish such rules, or their violation, entails liability in accordance with Georgian legislation.

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### May a gas aerosol device be carried openly?

No. Open or visible carrying of gas weapons, gas aerosol devices and electroshock devices, and their demonstration in a public space, are impermissible. Use for self-defence is not considered a demonstration.

### Who issues import and export permits for weapons?

Export, import, re-export and transit of civilian weapons and related products require a permit of the Ministry of Defence. Import and export of a citizen's own weapons is carried out under a permit of the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

### How many cartridges may a foreigner import together with a hunting or sporting firearm?

A citizen of a foreign country may import a hunting or sporting firearm with the ammunition designated for it, but not more than 500 units of cartridges. The quantity of signal weapons is determined by a Government resolution. A hunting contract or a sporting invitation and the respective permit are required.

### Where are weapons registered and what is a ballistic examination?

The weapons registry is maintained by the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and contains data on the weapon's type, model, owner and user. A ballistic examination establishes the conformity of the weapon's characteristics with legislative requirements; in defined cases an experimental firing is also conducted.

### May a flintlock firearm be carried?

No. Carrying of flint, matchlock and cap percussion firearms by an individual is impermissible. Their transport is allowed only for theatrical, film, television, reconstruction, parade and sporting events or for exhibiting.