Hunting licence application

Related forms and processes

Prerequisite

• Minimum age:
  • 18 years (regular hunting licence) or
  • 16 years (youth hunting licence)
• Passed German hunting examination
• Proof of sufficient hunting liability insurance

With a youth hunting licence, you may only hunt when accompanied by a parent or guardian or a supervisor authorised in writing by the parent or guardian. The accompanying person must also be experienced in hunting.

Responsible department

• If you live in an urban district: The city administration
• If you live in a rural district: The district administration

Note: If you do not have a main residence in Baden-Württemberg, the administration of the city/district in whose district you wish to hunt is responsible.

Procedure

You can apply for a hunting licence in writing or online, depending on what the competent authority offers.

If you want to apply online:

• Call up the relevant page via service-bw or the homepage of the responsible district or city district and follow the instructions.

If you want to submit it in writing:

• Complete the relevant application form.
• Hand in the completed and signed application form to your lower hunting authority or send it by post.
• Enclose sufficient hunting liability insurance.

If you are applying for a hunting licence for the first time, you can - if you are not submitting the application by post or online - also appear in person at the relevant office.

The issuing authority will check your reliability and personal suitability under hunting law before issuing the hunting licence.

You can also submit the application through another person with a power of attorney.

The authorised person must then present both your ID card and their own to the competent authority.

If there are no grounds for refusal, the lower hunting authority will issue the hunting licence.

You can then collect this in person or have it collected by an authorised person.

It can also be sent by post.

Deadlines

none

Required documents

• Hunting examination certificate
• Identity card
• Current passport photo (does not have to be biometric)
• Proof of hunting liability insurance with cover of at least:
  • EUR 500,000 for personal injury and
  • EUR 50,000 for damage to property

This insurance must be valid until your hunting licence expires. Always enclose the current insurance confirmation with your application. You will receive this from your insurance company.

Note: You will only receive the hunting licence for the period for which you have taken out the insurance. The insurance company can also send the certificate directly to the relevant office electronically.

Costs

The relevant municipal or district authority sets the hunting licence fee.

In addition, a hunting levy is payable:

• for a daily hunting licence: EUR 25.00
• per hunting year for which you hold a hunting licence: EUR 50.00

Note: The hunting levy is used for

• Hunting promotion
• hunting research
• wildlife biology research
• Game damage prevention

Miscellaneous

In addition to the hunting licence, you need a permit from the person authorised to hunt in whose hunting ground you wish to hunt.

Appeal

none

Legal basis

Jagd- und Wildtiermanagementgesetz (JWMG):

• § 26 Jägerprüfung, Jagdschein
• § 27 Gebühren für Jagdschein und Jägerprüfung
• § 28 Jagdabgabe

Gesetzesbeschluss des Landtags von Baden-Württemberg zur Einführung des Jagd- und Wildtiermanagementgesetzes (JWMG) (pdf)

Bundesjagdgesetz (BJagdG):

• § 15 Allgemeines zum Jagdschein
• § 16 Jugendjagdschein
• § 17 Versagung des Jagdscheins
• § 18 Entziehung des Jagdscheins

Verordnung des Ministeriums Ländlicher Raum über die Höhe der Jagdabgabe (JagdAbgV) vom 8. März 2022

Release note

machine generated, based on the German release by: Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg, 11.09.2029