While our authorities do not dare to allow the legal sale of car license plates through an auction, in many countries of the world, for a long time now, anyone can give their car individuality. We have found for you the 5 most expensive license plates purchased by car owners around the world.
License plate "1"
Price: RUB 641,766,113
This license plate was purchased by Abu Dhabi businessman Saeed Abdul Ghaffar Khoury in 2008. This is not only the most expensive license plate sold at auction in the United Arab Emirates, but also the most expensive license plate in the world.
License plate "25 O"
Price: RUB 44,324,646
The record price set by the UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency was paid by Ferrari dealership owner John Collins in 2014. This number now takes pride of place on the Ferrari 250 SWB that once belonged to rock star Eric Clapton. The car itself costs 10 million pounds sterling (855,688,150 rubles).
By the way, standard car number plates in Britain usually contain a region code, an age identifier and a random sequence of three characters. The value of this number for the buyer was that the license plate was similar to the name of the Ferrari 250 model that he purchased.
License plate "F1"
Price: RUB 37,703,759
In 2008, Bradford businessman Afzal Kahn (pictured) paid a huge sum of money for an F1 registration plate. At today's exchange rate, this is more than 37 million rubles.
Khan installed the number on his Mercedes SLR McLaren, saying:
“I think it's a good deal because it's probably worth 10 times more.”
He later changed this number to the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Carbon Edition. Last year, the businessman put the number up for sale for 1.2 billion rubles (£14.4 million). True, there has still not been a person willing to pay an incredible amount for this number.
Here is a link to the UK number plate auction where you will see this number plate at the top. For reference: The F1 number has been used in England for 109 years.
License plate "S1"
Price: RUB 34,569,801
In 2008, at an auction in Scotland, an anonymous bidder purchased the license plate “S1” belonging to one of the first car owners in Scotland, Lord Kingsburgh (the car was purchased in 1903). According to the buyer, this number will be used on the old red Skoda.
License plate "VIP 1"
Price: RUB 24,387,112
This government license plate was purchased by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in 2006. Two years earlier, the issue was sold for only 62,000 pounds sterling (5,305,266 rubles).
How much do VIP rooms cost in Russia?
Unfortunately, in our country, as always, where big money circulates, it cannot do without the shadow sphere. In Russia, but it is impossible to do this officially and legally. Therefore, in our country, workarounds have been invented for the gray purchase of a criminal license plate. For example, today in the Telegram messenger there are a lot of closed groups where beautiful license plates are put up for sale. Also on the Internet you will find many sites and offices that sell license plates for cars.
But, of course, we don’t have the same prices as in the UAE or the UK. However, for some license plates prices can reach up to 5-10 million rubles. In most cases, beautiful license plates cost 100-300 thousand rubles. And just for some alphanumeric combinations and regions, people are willing to shell out more than 1 million rubles.
However, soon, it is quite possible that the authorities will finally bring this market of license plates out of the shadows. Most likely this will happen soon. Let us remind you that from this date the State Traffic Inspectorate will stop issuing license plates. Instead, the traffic police will only automatically assign an alphanumeric combination of numbers. Car owners will make the blanks themselves in specialized companies accredited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It so happens that beautiful state license plates are a demonstration of the wealth, power or “stardom” of its owner. Demand has generated supply, and now, almost all over the world, there is a “micro-market” for this category of goods.
We offer you to find out which numbers are popular in different countries, as well as what price they cost the owners.
Roman Abramovich is one of the richest people in our country, so spending 285 thousand pounds sterling for a beautiful VIP1 license plate hardly hurt his pocket.
It is worth noting that the previous owner of the “cool” sign was none other than Pope John Paul II. Now VIP1 is decorated with one of Roman’s premium cars - Rolls-Royce Corniche IV Convertible.
Few people know that the first license plates in the history of mankind were signs marked “M1”, issued at the end of the 19th century.
Until 2006, a 1900 Mercedes was assigned this number, but following the results of the auction, the sign passed into the possession of entrepreneur Mike McCumbe for a bid of 332 thousand pounds. It's funny that the purchase was given by the businessman to his son for his sixth birthday.
Another double-digit F1 number broke the previous record 2 years later, in 2008. The buyer was another businessman Afzal Khan, who bought the sign for 440 thousand pounds.
The purchase turned out to be truly profitable, as four years later an offer was made to purchase this room for £6,000,000. Be that as it may, Afzal Khan refused to sell and kept the F1 on the bumpers of his Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren.
"Social" number of Facebk
Not long ago, an enterprising Australian, Tai Tran, opened an auction of “Paypal” license plates. He himself states that the beautiful room will be sold for no less than $1 million.
The idea is not as crazy as it might seem at first glance, because just 2 years ago, the “Facebk” numbers of the same name with the popular site were already sold out, and were taken for $1,200,000.
Officially or “in the dark,” but there is a demand for beautiful license plates in all countries. However, among all states there is a clear leader - the UAE. It is in Abu Dhabi that wealthy car enthusiasts pay exorbitant sums for prestigious letters and numbers on license plates.
The most expensive signs officially recorded in this country:
- “9” - $4,190,000;
- “7” - $4,600,000;
- “5” – $6,880,000.
It is noteworthy that the “odd-measurement” in 2008 cost Said Abdul Gafoor Khuri only $14,300. All money received by the state from the sale of beautiful rooms is rightfully donated to charitable needs.
If we talk about countries with “unofficial” sales of beautiful numbers, then Russia is certainly on the list of leaders.
The most common way to sell a beautiful license plate in the Russian Federation is to include it in the price of the car being sold.
Thus, the numbers A777AA77 will cost about 5 million rubles, the less pretentious O500OOO is slightly cheaper - 3.5 million rubles. For the prestigious AMP numbers in Moscow, they will secretly (or publicly) ask for a price with a number of the same order.
You are used to distinguishing license plates on the roads by color (white belong to mere mortals, blue to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, yellow to taxis, red to diplomats, black to the military), but before the State Traffic Inspectorate employees wave (or not wave) their magic wand - with a rod, numbers are distinguished according to other criteria. According to what? Read.
By letter
AMP97 is the main federal special series of license plates in Russia , which replaced the so-called flag numbers with a tricolor (with the exception of AAAFL), so there is no need to talk about their inviolability once again.
The first three tens (a001 mp97 - a136 mp97) – government numbers and numbers of the Presidential Administration (former VAAFL), including license plates belonging to the motor depots of the Administration of the President, the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the State Duma and some other high-ranking departments. License plates from a137 mp97 to a201 mp97 are assigned to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation. And the number a202 mr97, which is screwed onto the BMW 740, marks the appearance of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation on the road.
30 cars drive around Russia with license plates from a370 mp97 to a400 mp97 and they are used by various federal structures of a humanitarian and social nature, such as the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation and others. BUT! A 375 MP97 was for some reason assigned to film director N.S. Mikhalkov.
License plates from A 401 MR97 to a489 MR97 belong to the subject of local executive power - governors. And that's it.
A501 MP97 - A589 MP97 assigned to the heads of legislative authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation - speakers of regional councils.
A601 MP97 - A697 MP97– here is a kaleidoscope from various federal structures, such as the Ministry of Defense, Rosfinmonitoring, State Courier Service, Federal Drug Control Service;
Eighth decade with the abbreviation AMP belongs to the highest heads in the FSB, including the A698 MP97 and A699 MP97 assigned to the Federals.
The ninth ten in a series of the most criminal numbers in Russia, up to A999 MP97 divided among themselves by Rosatom of the Russian Federation, Rossvyazohrankultura of the Russian Federation, Rosaeronavigatsiya of the Russian Federation, Rosstat of the Russian Federation, Federal Financial Markets Service of the Russian Federation, FST of the Russian Federation, FAS of the Russian Federation and some other departments.
EKH99/ EKH177/ EKH97– cars of the Federal Security Service and other departments close to them with state immunity, about which Let's put in a word below .
ХХХ77– de jure the series belongs to the FSB, and de facto some of the issues with this series were successfully sold.
AOO77, BOO77, MOO77, SOO77 – all cars with such numbers belong to the motor depots of the Presidential Affairs Department. But! If with such numbers a car with a beacon is a feld, and they have no advantages on the road.
KOO77– in the past, the numbers belonged to the Constitutional Court, but after the abolition of the “flags”, the numbers of this series were hung instead of the AACFL on cars without beacons.
EPE177– about 300 issues with this series were recently sent to the State Duma to replace the “flag tricolors”
AMP77, VMR77, KMR77, MMR77, OMR77, TMR77 – in general, this series is for astronauts, but not so long ago the Ministry of Internal Affairs began a big sale of these numbers, including to private owners. In addition, today this series is used by both the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs itself.
РМР77– Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, Federal Penitentiary Service, prosecutor’s office and other executing lawyers.
AMO77– almost all cars in this series belong to the Moscow City Hall.
NAA99, TAA99, SAA99, XAA99 – numbers, upon special written request (POPIZ), closed in automobile databases. Basically, they belong to the FSB and some research institutes, but some cool private owners have them. Also, some of these numbers went to people who were in the witness protection program, so you can see them on rusty Lada cars.
“I eat as I want”
For several years in a row, the traffic police has been intending to deprive individuals of the opportunity to buy thieves’ plates on the “black market”, having legalized this matter through state auctions, but so far things have not gone further than their intentions and number plates guaranteeing immunity on the roads, continue to sell. And thanks to the Internet, finding them is not difficult. Our correspondent also visited one of them to find out the prices.
So. The leader in the illegal number market is NNN 777 77. The price for this “handsome guy” is about 10 million. Rubles. And most importantly, it is available.
A number with a recognizable abbreviation is also for sale. AMP77 and the “sellers” are asking for it 2 million wooden. And here behind so-called "DSLR"(“188...188”) with the new Moscow index they want “everything” 150 thousand rubles. Lucky roads number "777" was not available. In particular shortage and recently appeared EEE and BBB series , which some car owners have already received.
The active operation of the “numbers market” in Russia is also evidenced by the fact that about a year ago bloggers developed the topic that some moneybag had bought himself a number A777AA777 for 15 million rubles, but the State Traffic Inspectorate, as a “sign of protest” against such blatant corruption on the roads, demonstratively installed this license plate on the official car of the capital’s Ministry of Internal Affairs - VAZ-2114.
And now the main thing. The letters and numbers are really so pleasing to the eye occupy the lowest caste in the hierarchy of “those marked on the road.” None of the above numbers in this section guarantees its owner any priority or immunity over traffic police officers, or over other road users either. Except that the evil traffic cop will want to stop you once again , to look at the “thieves”, or in his pockets. These numbers are simply beautiful. And expensive. After all, in fact, all such numbers are de jure ordinary license plates of the Russian Federation, distributed to private cars according to the letter of the law. Prices with many zeros for such numbers are set by the market: private individuals and intermediaries are happy to buy them.
Average price on the Moscow market for “beautiful” license plates with three “cool numbers”
– 888,100, 007, etc., is $500-$600.
“Too beautiful” three-digit numbers on license plates can cost up to $1500.
And in order to purchase these cheaper and with a guarantee, it is better to immediately contact the traffic police.
But besides the market for simply beautiful rooms, there is also market for “useful” numbers , among which there are often numbers of national importance assigned to high ranks. The latter simply rent out their rooms for indecently large amounts of money. So, the above series numbers E***KH77- E***KH99, assigned FSO and popularly deciphered as "I Eat As I Want" today are used by some private individuals who have taken advantage of the “lessor services” with Federal status for (rumored to be) $70 000 .
Series X***KX77 and 99(decipher as you wish), belonging to FSB, has also been repeatedly seen in use by private individuals. The latter (again, according to rumors) paid about 40,000 USD for the pleasure of driving around with such license plates.
Cars with the series also drive on Russian roads S***SS77 belonging to Ministry of Communications . Although the traffic police has the right to stop cars with such license plates, they do not do this in Moscow. Issue price – $ 4000 . Similar series S***SS99 assigned to the tax police and customs of Moscow, who are also held in high esteem by State Traffic Inspectorate employees. Behind $ 3000 You can get such numbers.
Series K***KK99 At first it was given to Feldsvyaz and FAPSI, but they didn’t really need it, and because of that it began to diverge left and right among private owners. $ 2500.
"Blue"
The latest in Moscow road fashion – expensive foreign cars, such as Mercedes W220, ML, Gelendwagen, Audi A 8, Toyota LC100, etc. in police combat livery with beacon beams and blue police numbers.
The cost of the “blue number” service in Zlatoglava – from 20 to 40 thousand dollars. In year. And what's most interesting - everything is legal! This service is provided by the private security of the capital, which, according to rumors, has strong roots in the mayor's office. Businessman just writes a statement addressed to the head of private security with a request to assign security to his property. Like, I carry jewelry in my car and thus I give my foreign car to the security service so that they can keep watch. Today, there are about 300 cars driving around the capital with “blue” on the bumper, which, however, will not be stopped even far beyond Moscow.
Leftist of federal significance
And here he is Olympus of “tagged power” on the roads – federal parliamentary numbers. The deputies themselves tried to ensure that, according to the law, the people's representative has the right to a whole set of license plates with the tricolor for his personal car. Like, for security reasons. But, as a rule, deputies have enough official cars, and they also have enough immunity, and They sell their federal license plates for amounts with four and even five zeros. In the US, of course. The most cunning - they rent out rooms at a fee 20-30 thousand.e. in year.
Some more prices for some cool series of numbers that our editors managed to get:
AAA77 ≈ $4.500. In 93 -94. distributed for free to everyone
AAA99 ≈ $4,000. Owned by the FSB
AAA97 ≈ $3000. The 220 Mercedes with number 001 belongs to A.B. Pugacheva, the same with number 010 on the Lexus RX-300 - deputy. Head of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
AMO77 ≈ $2.500. Mainly owned by the Moscow City Hall and its godfathers, matchmakers, sons-in-law and fathers-in-law.
AMO99 ≈ $2.000. The very first issue in this series with number 777 was issued to Luzhkov’s son, but today the era of Luzhkov is gone and the numbers are not quoted among traffic police officers.
KOO77.99 ≈ $2,000. Moreover, such numbers are very “recognizable” to traffic cops, since they are the only numbers from the special series *OO that can be bought in principle. Part of series 77 belongs to the Constitutional Court.
AMM77/MMM77 ≈ $ 8,000. Mostly owned by the Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs and firefighters, from which it has excellent immunity on the roads.
Series *MP77 – from $ 5.000 to $ 12.000 . They belong to financiers: banks, funds; the numbers are accompanied by “ubiquitous” passes from the Directorate for the Protection of Facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
OOO97 ≈ $2,500. Numbers of this series were received by a number of cultural and artistic figures, such as A. Malinin (on a Hummer - 003) and M. Galkin (on a Bentley - 070), which makes the pretentiousness of the series obvious on the roads.
PMR77. A recently released series assigned to the Ministry of Justice. Expected to be on sale soon.
KKK77, XXX99, NNN99, UUU99, EEE99 – for such numbers on the black market they ask for up to $1,500, but for some reason they don’t work, so don't be a fool.
While in Russia the idea of selling “beautiful” car registration plates at auction never came to fruition, in the United Arab Emirates the state organization Roads and Transport Authority earned 141,148,000 dirhams - or 38 million 400 thousand dollars - from the license plates in the last three auctions alone. Which numbers are so expensive and who buys them?
The record price for a number at the auction is currently $14,200,000: in 2008, to admiring applause, a number with the number 1 of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was bought by a certain Said Abdul Jafar Al Khoury, who hung it on his Bugatti Veyron. All this happened in a country with a very small indigenous population, of which 72,000 are worth more than a million dollars.
Other emirates of the UAE are smaller and “poorer” than Abu Dhabi, so the number with the coveted one in the emirate of Sharjah cost the owner a ridiculous $4,900,000. But the paradox is that it is still much more expensive than any car on which it can be hung. 450 of the same “Veyrons” were produced, and the notorious unit on the number plate is only one.
A two-digit number will cost significantly less - from 500,000 to 2,000,000 dollars. And among three-digit ones, car model indices are very popular: 488 (like the Ferrari model of the same name), 911 (Porsche), 918 (Porsche again), and four-digit ones are bought with the year of birth or the date of the world exhibition Expo 2020, which will be held in the Emirates in three years .
Curiosities also happen when a person buys a room, makes a deposit, but cannot cover the full cost of the lot. Last November, a certain Abdullah Al Mahri bought a license plate with a single digit from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for $8,400,000 and gave the auctioneers a check for an amount that simply was not in the account.
Al Mahri was going to somehow resell the number at an even higher price and cover the costs, but the Roads and Transport Authority simply did not transfer the winning lot to him, sending the case to court.
Gradually, a special circle of interested people has formed around the sale of numbers in the UAE, who are not only trying to improve their status, look cooler in the eyes of business partners or play a successful marriage, but also make money on someone’s vanity.
The cost of rare license plates is still rising, and investors are in no hurry to put them on cars - this could bring down the price and exclusivity.
One of the famous traders in this market, Abdullah Al Hammadi, owns seven thousand license plates, with a total value of about $19,000,000. Not long ago, he resold for $7,600,000 a room that once cost him only $3,200,000.
Maintaining excitement and exclusivity, Roads and Transport Authority does not offer all available combinations for sale at once, but carefully selects numbers for a specific auction, assigning them a specific starting price. Sometimes it is so big that it is not always possible to interrupt it.
This, for example, happened with the Dubai number 2 of the Q series, bidding for which started with an amount equivalent to 8,900,000 US dollars. This lot remained unsold. But the five with the prefix D went to businessman Balwinder Sahani for the same price.
Hindu Sahani was born in Kuwait, lives in Dubai, is engaged in construction in the Emirates and says that he managed to stay in the black even during the global economic crisis of 2007-2008. His fascination with numbers began 20 years ago when he bought a phone number from a private individual in Kuwait for $300,000.
Balwinder Sahani (pictured left)
Now, according to Sahani, he has three of the most beautiful phone numbers in India, Kuwait and the UAE, as well as 15 car numbers, with a total value of about $100 million.
The joy of buying a number for the sake of vanity and for show, according to the Indian, very soon fades away - Sahani’s interest lies elsewhere: he is obsessed with numbers as such, as well as with his lucky number - nine.
So Balwinder buys only the ninth house on the street, sets up a personal office on the ninth floor, and his most expensive license plate, a combination of a five and the letter D - the fourth letter of the alphabet, adds up to nine!
Evgenia Lapeka
Updated: 2019.10.09
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When purchasing a car, each car owner goes through the registration procedure with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, pays a state fee of 2,000 rubles and receives a personal state registration plate, license plate, or car number. Apart from the fee, you do not have to pay anything for this service. However, the semi-legal sale of GRZ is thriving on the Internet. The most expensive license plates for a car in Russia cost at least 3-5 million rubles.
Each number is unique and consists of three letters and numbers in one field, which indicate the series and number of the car plate. The other field contains the region code. Naturally, symmetrical, beautiful combinations of symbols attract the attention of motorists. You can purchase them on online platforms. Direct purchase and sale is not permitted by Russian law, but there are ways to circumvent the rules.
Car enthusiasts buy beautiful license plates for various reasons. Someone wants to create the illusion of involvement in government agencies. Such people choose the serial numbers used by government agencies.
Some people believe in numerology. These car owners choose a number with their date of birth or “lucky” numbers, such as seven.
Some people like the symmetrical arrangement of symbols - these are fans of “mirror mirrors” and identical numbers.
All expensive rooms can be divided into several varieties. The price depends on the popularity and rarity of the combination.
Letter combinations
According to GOST, twelve letters of the Cyrillic alphabet are used in the vehicle registration plate, the spelling of which corresponds to the Latin alphabet. These are A, B, K, E, T, R, X, U, M, S, N, O.
Some letter combinations are in particular demand:
- Mirrored. Numbers in which the first and last letters are repeated. The simplest and cheapest. For example, a P600VR number from Krasnogorsk will cost you only 10 thousand rubles.
- With words. Numbers whose letters form a word are much more valued: thief, tom, mouth, boor, etc. For example, the Moscow number V***OR is sold for 300 thousand rubles.
- Identical letters. If all the letters of the number are the same, then it is listed on the license plate market. Price - 15-20 thousand rubles.
- "Thieves." Separate group. Some number series are used by various government agencies. Each region uses different combinations. The most famous can be presented in the table:
There are a number of other letter combinations used by government agencies: AMP, OVE, AKR, VKR, SKR, SSS and others. Departments do not receive the entire series; some numbers remain for individuals. These GRZs are often put up for sale.
Apparently, buyers like to feel involved in the ruling structures, although having this number does not give any real advantage on the road.
Number sets
Numbers with repeating numbers. For example, 699, 455, etc. This is a cheap type of gas distribution device.
Their cost starts from 10,000 rubles:
- Mirrored. A variety of the first type. Numbers in which the first and last digits are repeated: 242, 161, etc. The cost varies within the same limits, but are slightly more popular.
- Multiples of a hundred. These are numbers 100, 400, 500, etc. They are considered more expensive and attractive than mirror numbers, especially if the numbers match the make of the car, for example, number 500 for the Mercedes S500. Such a number will cost more - from 15 thousand rubles.
- Numbers where the numbers match the area code. Some regions on the GRZ are designated with a three-digit code, so numbers on which the numbers match the region code are in demand.
- Top ten. The first two digits are zeros, and the third is from 1 to 9. The combination 007 is popular. It is difficult to get such a number, the cost starts from 25 thousand rubles.
- Same numbers. Popular with car owners. Such a license plate costs from 25 thousand rubles. And for combination 777 you will have to pay at least 75 thousand rubles.
It is worth mentioning separately the numbers of the “Premium” category, in which both letters and numbers match. They are found less frequently than all the others and, accordingly, cost more, starting from 195 thousand rubles.
Top 20 most expensive rooms in Russia
| № | Car number | Characteristic | price, rub. on the website https://gosnomerus.com |
| 1 | O001OO77 | The first number in the series, identical letters, the first ten, such a number is considered “thieves” | 15 024 000 |
| 2 | A001AA01 | The same letters, the first ten, “blatnoy”, the numbers of the region coincide with the rest. | 9 025 000 |
| 3 | С007СС77 | Identical letters, the first ten with seven, which is considered a lucky number, partially coincides with the numbers of the region - also 7. | 7 026 000 |
| 4 | M888MM777 | Identical letters, numbers, region, three “lucky” sevens, “thieves” series. | 7 000 000 |
| 5 | A***MP77 | Possibility to choose a number yourself. | 5 524 000 |
| 6 | О888ОО99 | The letters and numbers are the same, “thieves”. | 5 500 000 |
| 7 | O001OO78 | Identical letters, first ten, “blatnoy”. | 5 250 000 |
| 8 | M555MM97 | Identical numbers and letters, “thieves”. | |
| 9 | Х888ХХ77 | Identical letters and numbers. | 5 050 000 |
| 10 | M01*MM77 | Identical letters, “blatnoy”, the ability to choose one number. | 5 025 000 |
| 11 | А777МР78 | Identical numbers, "thieves". | 5 025 000 |
| 12 | О777ОО21 | Identical numbers and letters, three “lucky” sevens. | 5 015 000 |
| 13 | О300ОО33 | Identical letters and numbers, partially coinciding with the symbols of the region. | 5 000 000 |
| 14 | О888ОО97 | Identical letters and numbers. | 4 200 000 |
| 15 | M222M region 777 | Identical letters and numbers, “blatnoy”, region “lucky” sevens. | 4 200 000 |
| 16 | A333AA77 | Identical letters and numbers, “thieves”. | 4 095 000 |
| 17 | А444У*123 | Identical numbers, ability to choose the last letter. | 4 025 000 |
| 18 | K444KK777 | Identical letters and numbers, “three sevens” region. | 3 625 000 |
| 19 | В777ВВ*** | Identical letters and numbers, including sevens, the ability to select a region. | 3 515 000 |
| 20 | О008ОО99 | Identical letters, first ten. | 3 500 000 |
As we can see, the cost of rooms with the same characteristics can vary greatly. The key points when conducting a transaction to exchange numbers will be the greed of the seller and the taste preferences of the buyer.
Where to buy expensive numbers
It is not difficult to purchase a beautiful license plate.
It can be done:
- Directly from another car owner. If you know a person who is ready to sell his license plate, then you can purchase a number from him through the purchase and sale of a car.
- Through online platforms. As a rule, the purchasing method is similar to the previous one, only you communicate through an intermediary. Such sites provide legal support, so you don’t have to worry about the legality of the transaction.
- Through a traffic police officer by giving a bribe. This is a dangerous and illegal method that is best avoided.
How to buy a beautiful number
According to the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated February 12, 2000 No. GKPIOO-75, the state registration plate of a car belongs to the state and is issued to the car owner for indefinite use. Therefore, GRZ cannot be bought or sold.
Procedure for re-registration of numbers
Cheap cars become donors
However, there are several legal ways to get the desired number:
1. Acquisition of a state sign through the purchase and sale of a car. You buy a car with the license plates you like. The license plates are removed and transferred to the traffic police for storage for up to 180 days. Then you get the next number plates for the purchased car and sell it back. Submit documents from your car to replace the GRZ with beautiful numbers, which are stored in the REO archive. Registration of all documents will cost 10-20 thousand rubles.
2. Similar to the first method, only the buyer and seller change places. The owner of an expensive license plate hands it over to the REO archive and receives another one. Then he purchases a car from the buyer, registers it with a nice license plate and sells it back.
3. Purchasing license plates using a donor car.
The owner of a beautiful license plate registers it on the donor car and sells it along with the beautiful license plates to the new owner. Then follows the procedure for submitting the license plates to the archive and re-registering them for your own car. Then the donor car is returned to the previous owner. Or they don't return it. A cheap old car, for example a Zhiguli, is often used as the third. This method has fewer risks from a legal point of view.
Possible problems
When purchasing numbers, the following difficulties may arise:
- Risk of running into scammers. They may sell you not the original number, but a duplicate, traveling with it is illegal. It is worth checking whether the purchased GRZ is linked to the VIN code of the car.
- The car you are registering must be running, have a recent MOT and valid insurance. It’s worth checking this in advance so as not to incur unnecessary costs and waste time.
- The category open in the license must correspond to the vehicle being purchased. If you have category “B” open, then you should not use a truck or bus as a donor. Problems may arise when registering a car.
- There is a risk of losing your car. If you draw up a purchase and sale agreement without transferring money, then the buyer can appropriate the car. Using a donor car helps avoid this. Or is it worth conducting a full-fledged transaction.
Is it possible to get an expensive number for free?
Purely theoretically, all series numbers are issued by the traffic police in order, and anyone can become the owner of a beautiful alphanumeric combination. In practice, this rarely happens. GRZ, which can be sold at a high price, most often are kept by employees of the above department for themselves, friends or relatives. Perhaps they even sell it.
The media have repeatedly noticed that expensive license plates are on expensive cars. For example, RIA Novosti wrote that the first number of the series A001AA777 went to the owner of a luxury Mercedes. One should not discount the fact that an ordinary person, indifferent to the combination of symbols on his license plate, will most likely sell his number if he can get a significant amount for it.
Will the sale of expensive numbers be made official?
The government of the Russian Federation has repeatedly raised the issue of the legal sale of beautiful numbers. In 2010, a proposal was considered to sell such numbers at open auctions. But this idea was recognized as untenable and rejected.
In 2015, an anti-corruption program was launched in Moscow. The issuance of numbers is regulated automatically by the system. Attempts to interfere with the order of issuance of state licenses are identified and punished.
In 2017-2018, the government put forward a new idea: to sell GRZ immediately when purchasing a car in showrooms or upon registration with the traffic police. The final implementation of the idea is planned for the end of 2019 - during 2020. But it is unknown whether it will be possible to purchase a “beautiful” number in this way.
Selling beautiful license plates is still illegal. To acquire the coveted combination of symbols, car owners have to resort to multi-stage schemes. A lot of time and money are spent on the procedure for purchasing expensive gas exploration equipment, and the risk of running into scammers is high.
There are no clear pricing criteria. The cost of the room is entirely determined by the seller’s appetites. This market needs legalization. It doesn’t matter for what reason the demand for beautiful numbers arose - because of the desire to stand out from the crowd, to increase one’s own importance, a love of numerology or aesthetics. It is important that these numbers are in demand and their sale must be regulated and taken under control.
