Powers of the hunting guard, proving hunt participants’ authorisation to handle firearms and ammunition
- From 1 January 2026, as documents go digital, the Hunting Act and the rules for handling firearms change.
- The hunting guard will no longer be authorised to check hunters’ firearms licences and hunters will not have to carry their firearms licence.
- Physical documents for firearms and ammunition are abolished and replaced by a digital register.
- Neither public authorities nor the hunting guard can ask a hunter to show a firearms licence.
- The hunt organiser may, however, ask participants to prove their firearms licence with a firearms certificate.
- The firearms certificate is available on paper (Czech Police, CzechPoint) or electronically through the Citizen Portal, and both forms are equally valid.
- The hunt organiser must inform participants in advance that the firearms certificate will be required, in what form and by when it must be issued.
