Can you sell a personalised plate in New York?
New York: no way to hold the plate for a named buyer
What the law says
A released combination becomes available to the public rather than to a person the holder names.
Basis: TagsTrader's own determination of 25 August 2026. No statute, regulation or form is recorded for this state; the finding rests on the state's release process handing a combination to whoever applies first.
Why TagsTrader does not list New York plates
TagsTrader does not list plates from New York, because a sale here cannot be relied on to close. Everywhere else on this site a buyer's fee buys an introduction to a deal that can close. In New York it would buy an introduction to a race the buyer cannot see, cannot time and cannot price, and our own listing page would tell every rival exactly which combination was about to come free. A warning does not fix that, because we cannot state the odds either.
What TagsTrader does and does not do
We are a match-maker: we introduce a buyer and a seller who would otherwise never find each other. Listing a plate is free. A buyer pays a fee to open contact with the seller, and nothing else.
We are not a party to your sale, we hold no funds, we cannot make your state approve anything, and we do not guarantee any outcome. The transfer itself is between you, the other party and your state authority. This page is a description, not advice: we publish no forms, templates or tax guidance.