Plate code

BRS Plate Number Meaning: Brass, Bayelsa

The BRS plate number is registered in Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.

Nigerian number plate with the BRS code — Brass, Bayelsa
A plate issued in Brass carries the BRS code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

BRS is the Brass code. Around 426,150 people (2024) live across the district's 1,404 km², about 304 to the square kilometre. Bayelsa registers vehicles under eight codes in all, one for each local government area, and a plate carries the one it was issued under.

BRS Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the BRS code that our own checks returned data for, most recent first. The make and the colour are shown exactly as the record gave them.

Plate Make Colour Checked
BRS-174AA NISSAN QUEST DARK ASH
BRS-305AA TOYOTA 4 RUNNER DARK ASH
BRS-507AA FORD RANGER BLACK
BRS-741AA MAZDA 323 GREEN
BRS-853AA HONDA ACCORD HARSH ASH
BRS-222AA FORD EXPLORER GREY
BRS-999AA RENAULT ELF SILVER
BRS-987AA TOYOTA AVALON WHITE

No holder name appears here, and none ever will: the Federal Road Safety Corps does not release registration holders to the public, so neither do we.

The District Behind BRS

Local Government Area
Brass
State
Bayelsa
Headquarters
Twon-Brass
Population
426,150 (2024)
Area
1,404 km²

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the BRS Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so BRS places the paperwork in Brass. It does not follow the car afterwards: a vehicle sold across state lines keeps its plate until it is re-registered, which is why a BRS plate away from Bayelsa is a question for the seller rather than a finding in itself.

The letters also say nothing about the holder, the model or the history of the vehicle. Colours and special series are a separate system, explained on the code hub; what the car itself has been through — auction lots, damage, mileage at sale — is recorded against its VIN and travels with the car even when the plate changes.

Questions about the BRS plate number

What does the BRS plate number mean?

BRS is the registration code of Brass Local Government Area in Bayelsa. A vehicle wearing it was registered there; the three digits after the letters are its serial inside that LGA, and the last two letters are the series.

Which state is a BRS plate number from?

Bayelsa. The code identifies the local government area — Brass — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole BRS plate, not just the code?

The lookup takes the full plate and returns the local government area behind it. For the history of the vehicle — auction records, damage, mileage and photographs — check it by VIN.