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Dubai to auction premium number plates

Dubai’s RTA will auction off fancy number plates for collectors and investors

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Dubai’s RTA auctioned off fancy number plates for collectors and investors

Dubai is set to auction 90 premium vehicle number plates, said the RTA.

The bidding for the number plates begins on Saturday, September 2.

Up for sale are a pack of 90 vehicle licence plates of two, three, four and five digits on offer at the forthcoming 113th Open Auction of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

Dubai number plates

Premium plates include:

  • AA70
  • Y96
  • Z43
  • S888
  • W22222
  • X7777
  • X300
  • W10000

Plates on offer at this auction, which is the second public auction in 2023, bear (AA-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z) codes. 

The bidding will start on Saturday, September 2nd. Registration of bidders starts on Monday, August 28.

The auction is scheduled for 4.30pm at the Intercontinental Festival City Hotel in Dubai.

Interested bidders can also register for the auction through RTA’s website (www.rta.ae), Dubai Drive app, or any of RTA’s Customers Happiness Centres at Umm Al Ramool, Deira and Al Barsha. 

With limited seats available priority will be given to bidders and hence it is recommended to pre-register for the auction. However, registration will also be available at the bidding hall from 2pm.

The selling of number plates is subject to 5 per cent VAT.

Each bidder is required to have a traffic file in Dubai, and deposit a security cheque amounting to AED25,000 addressed to RTA.

Bidders have also to pay a non-refundable auction fee of AED120 at the abovementioned customers’ happiness centres.

Payment can also be made online with a credit card.

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