Car plate online auction to open on Wednesday

The Licencing Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is launching an online auction for distinguished number plates comprising plate categories (I) 6 and (J); which are in high demand.

The next online auction is set for Wednesday and runs for seven days on the RTA website (www.rta.ae).

RTA is intends to offer some 400 number plates.

Director of Vehicle Licencing, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Nimaat, said: "All interested can buy distinguished vehicle licence plates in a highly transparent and equitable platform via the online auctioning system.

The system requires customers to be pre-registered through RTA website before moving on to Licencing Services webpage.

"In order to benefit from the service of the online number plates auction, customers have to have traffic files opened in Dubai emirate.

Each potential bidder is also required to deposit Dh5,000 as a refundable deposit through the portal or Deira Licencing Center via a cheque in the name of the RTA," said Nimaat.

The Licencing Agency held an online auction last April as part of the Early Requests for Distinguished Numbers Campaign.

The forthcoming online auction is part of a continuous series of distinguished number plate online auctions planned by the department, which is seeking through this service to save customers time and effort in the course of obtaining distinguished plates.

Customers can also avail the service of Direct Allocation of Distinguished Number Plates at the nominal value through buying these plates directly online as per the terms and conditions set added Nimaat.

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