When a weapons permit is suspended and a weapon seized, time matters more than arguments: the Law on Arms regulates these procedures with strict deadlines, and a missed deadline ends with the weapon passing into state ownership or the permit being finally revoked. At the same time, the law describes precisely when, how and by which authority suspension and seizure occur — and a breach of those rules becomes the foundation of your position.
The service on this page is representation in suspension and seizure procedures and work toward the return of the weapon: deadline control, elimination of the ground of suspension and, where necessary, judicial review of legality.
How automatic suspension happens
The law provides: if the holder of a licence or a weapon acquisition permit falls mentally ill or his state of health makes use of the permit impossible, or he falls ill with alcoholism, drug addiction or toxicomania, and information about this is received from the unified information base, the permit is automatically deprived of legal force. The Service Agency must notify the relevant territorial body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within forty-eight hours of receiving that information.
The holder is notified of the suspension by an authorised officer of the territorial body appearing at his place of residence or at the place of storage of the weapon — and it is at that moment that the weapon is seized. The holder must admit the authorised representative for the purpose of seizure; in case of resistance, the use of coercive measures is permitted, and non-admission is a ground for revocation of the permit. This means that confrontation at the door achieves nothing — the sound route is managing the deadlines and lawfully eliminating the ground.