Plate code

DAV Plate Number Meaning: Adavi, Kogi

The DAV plate number is registered in Adavi Local Government Area, Kogi. 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 DAV code — Adavi, Kogi
A plate issued in Adavi carries the DAV code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Adavi registers as DAV. The 2006 census counted 202,194 residents over 718 km², roughly 282 for every square kilometre. The code is replaced only by re-registration in another district; a change of owner leaves it exactly as it was. A sale changes the owner, never the district on the plate.

DAV Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DAV 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
DAV-128AA V/Wagen Golf/Passat Car Red
DAV-174AA Toyota Camry White
DAV-236AA Audi 80 Black
DAV-305AA NISSAN PREMERA PREMERA GREEN
DAV-419AA Almera Blue
DAV-222AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GOLF BLACK
DAV-123AA 406 Blue

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 DAV

Local Government Area
Adavi
State
Kogi
Headquarters
Ogaminana
Population
202,194 (2006)
Area
718 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 DAV Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DAV places the paperwork in Adavi. 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 DAV plate away from Kogi 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 DAV plate number

What does the DAV plate number mean?

DAV is the registration code of Adavi Local Government Area in Kogi. 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 DAV plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DAV in Kogi

Codes either side of DAV in the Kogi directory.

All Kogi plate number codes

Have a whole DAV 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.