Apostilamento (amendment) of the CAC CR

Apostilar means recording in your CAC CR (Certificado de Registro for collectors, sport shooters and hunters) a change in your details, your activities or the storage addresses of your collection. The apostila is the CR annex where this information is kept, with the same validity as the CR. Changes in details must be recorded within 15 days, the fee is R$ 50,00 and the application is made in Sinarm-CAC, the Polícia Federal (Federal Police) system for collectors, shooters and hunters.

What apostilamento is

Under IN DG/PF 311/2025 (art. 27), apostilamento is any change to the registration details: adding, removing, updating or replacing details about the person, the product, the activity or additional information, made at the holder's request.

In practice, the CR must always reflect reality. A mismatch between what is in the CR and what actually exists (address, collection location, activities) is one of the most common problems in inspections and oversight.

Types of apostilamento

The official service page lists four types:

1. Add or remove an activity (collecting, sport shooting, exceptional hunting).
2. Change home address.
3. Change or add a collection storage address (second address, anywhere in the country).
4. Update personal ID document.

Other changes have their own service:

• Adding a purchased firearm: firearm registration service with issuance of the CRAF (Certificado de Registro de Arma de Fogo, the firearm registration certificate), fee of R$ 88,00.
• Changing shooter level: request by email to the PF office, according to the official page, with an apostilamento fee of R$ 50,00 and proof of regular practice for the new level.
• Displaying a collection firearm at an event: requires apostilamento of the demonstration or exhibition activity and prior PF authorization.

Who needs it

Any CR holder who has changed address or document, or who wants to change what is authorized in the CR. The 15 day deadline applies to changes in registration details (Decreto 11.615/2023, art. 20).

Common mistakes that delay the application

• Letting the 15 days pass after a change of address.
• Moving house and transporting the firearms without a guia de tráfego (transport permit).
• Proof of residence in a third party's name without a document linking you to the property.
• Asking to add an activity without meeting its requirements (for example, minimum age of 25 for collecting and hunting).
• Trying to add a firearm through apostilamento, when the right path is the firearm registration service.

After the application

• Keep a copy of the updated CR and apostila.
• If you moved the collection to another address, it must meet the security rules of IN 311/2025 (safe or container with a lock, in a masonry room, firearms unloaded).
• The PF asks every year for confirmation of your registration details in Sinarm-CAC.

What changed recently

• 1/7/2025: the PF takes over CACs. Portaria DG/PF 19.040/2025 suspended apostilamento deadlines until the services were released, which happened between 16/7 and 18/8/2025, depending on the state.
• 31/12/2025: the special period to move sport shooting or hunting firearms to the collection ended (Decreto 11.615/2023, art. 79, § 3º).
• 2026: apostilamento remains in Sinarm-CAC, while other services move to the Portal PF.

Who handles CACs today: Polícia Federal or Exército?

Since 1 July 2025, the Polícia Federal (PF) is the agency that issues the CR, authorizes purchases and transfers, registers collection firearms and issues the transport permit for CACs. The change was set out in Decreto 11.615/2023 and organized by Portaria DG/PF nº 19.040/2025, which released the services in stages between July and August 2025. The detailed rules are in Instrução Normativa DG/PF nº 311/2025, in force since 1 July 2025.

The Exército (Brazilian Army) still has some roles: registering shooting entities, the final review of restricted use firearms (after PF authorization), imports and ammunition reloading. The fees for these services are still those of Lei 10.834/2003 (Taxa de Fiscalização de Produtos Controlados, the controlled products inspection fee).

Which system to use in October 2026

• Portal PF (portal.pf.gov.br, login with a silver or gold gov.br account): CRAF renewal since 23/07/2026; and, for new applications, CR issuance, CR renewal, purchase authorization and firearm registration with CRAF issuance (official pages updated in October 2026).
• Sinarm-CAC (servicos.pf.gov.br, the PF system inherited from the former SisGCorp structure): tracking applications started there, apostilamento and transport permits.
• Email to the PF office for your area: firearm transfer between CACs and change of shooter level, according to the official pages for these services.
• Exército SisGCorp: stopped accepting CAC applications with the 2025 transition. Documents issued by the Exército before then remain valid until they expire.

Notice

This guide is for information only and does not replace the official rules or advice from a professional. Rules change often: check the current version of Lei 10.826/2003, Decreto 11.615/2023 (with the amendments of Decreto 12.345/2024), Instrução Normativa DG/PF nº 311/2025 (amended by IN DG/PF nº 322/2025) and the official Polícia Federal pages before making any application.