The Saeima publishes amendments to the Weapons Act in the o…

On October 7, 2026, the law “Amendments to the Weapons Circulation Law,” adopted by the Saeima, was published in the official publication of the Republic of Latvia, Latvijas Vēstnesis (No. 193). The notice was registered with the official reference OP 2026/193 No. 4 and placed in the “Constitutional Institutions” section of the publication under the document type “Law.” With this publication, the amendments have been officially announced throughout the country.

Publishing Body and Official Reference

Publishing body: Saeima (legislator), place of publication – Latvijas Vēstnesis, October 7, 2026, No. 193.
Official reference: OP 2026/193 No. 4; document type – “Law”; section – “Constitutional Institutions”.
Publication source: Latvijas Vēstnesis official website, contents of issue No. 193.

Legislative Block Containing the Amendments

The amendments to the Weapons Circulation Law are the fourth numbered law adopted by the Saeima in the same block of issue No. 193. Published along with them are:

No. 1 – Law on Clinical University Hospitals;
No. 2 – Amendments to the Medical Practice Law;
No. 3 – Amendments to the Construction Law;
No. 4 – Amendments to the Weapons Circulation Law;
No. 5 – Amendments to the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Institutions;
No. 6 – Amendments to the Land Register Law;
No. 7 – Amendment to the Criminal Law;
No. 8 – Amendment to the law “On the Procedure for the Entry into Force and Application of the Criminal Law”;
No. 9 – Amendment to the law “On the Registration of Real Estate in Land Registers”.

Contents of the Corpus Entry for October 7

The corpus document vestnesis-2026-10-07-193.full.md for October 7, 2026, contains the contents of issue No. 193 and the notice entries, including position No. 4 “Amendments to the Weapons Circulation Law.” The entry does not include the text of the law at the article level; therefore, specific new requirements for weapon holders, traders, or hunters cannot be verified from the corpus entry; these must be sought in the text of the law published in the official publication.

Other Sections of the October 7 Issue

Acts and notices from other issuers were also published in the same issue No. 193:

Ministry of Culture order No. 2.5-1-153 – amendment to the order No. 128 of October 29, 1998 “On the List of State Protected Cultural Monuments”;
Public Utilities Commission decision No. 1/20 – amendments to the decision No. 1/36 of December 21, 2017 “Information Submission Rules in the Energy Sector”;
binding regulations and decisions of local governments: Cēsis Municipality Council No. 13, Dobele Municipality Council No. 8, Madona Municipality Council No. 11, Mārupe Municipality Council No. 41/2026 and No. 42/2026, Ogre Municipality Council No. 19/2026 and No. 20/2026, Preiļi Municipality Council No. 2026/14 and No. 2026/15, Ropaži Municipality Development Planning Department decision No. 3.1-12/26/191, Saldus Municipality Council No. 18;
official notices: Auctions (28), Inheritance notices (68), Court summons (8), Enterprise Register notices (5), Revocations of proxies (8), Doctoral theses (3), Invitations to settle liabilities (3), Notices to creditors and interested persons (2), Orders for supplies and performance of work (1), Political Party Register notices (1), Property relations between spouses (1), Miscellaneous announcements (12).

Significance for Readers

The publication of amendments in Latvijas Vēstnesis is the moment when the legislator’s decision becomes officially available and applicable; directly from the date of publication and the official reference OP 2026/193 No. 4, institutions and participants in weapons circulation can determine the binding text. Since the Weapons Circulation Law applies to the circulation of weapons in the state, the changes affect private individuals, commercial entities, and participants in the hunting sector, who must verify the current requirements in the official publication.

Official source: Official publication of the Republic of Latvia Latvijas Vēstnesis, October 7, 2026, No. 193; notice OP 2026/193 No. 4 “Amendments to the Weapons Circulation Law” (document type – Law, section – Constitutional Institutions). Publication address: https://www.vestnesis.lv/url/16994?content=1.