DRA Plate Number Meaning: Daura, Katsina
The DRA plate number is registered in Daura Local Government Area, Katsina. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
DRA is the Daura code, administered from Daura town in Katsina State. Nigerian codes are permanent markers of a local government area: they are not recycled between districts and are unchanged by a sale, so the same three letters resolve the same way whether the plate is new or fifteen years old.
DRA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the DRA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRA-956AA | PEUGEOT 406 | DARK BLUE | |
| DRA-999AA | MERCEDES-BENZ BENZ | DARK ASH | |
| DRA-987AA | PONTIAC VIBE | ASH |
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 DRA
- Local Government Area
- Daura
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Daura
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the DRA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DRA places the paperwork in Daura. 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 DRA plate away from Katsina 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 DRA plate number
What does the DRA plate number mean?
DRA is the registration code of Daura Local Government Area in Katsina. 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 DRA plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Daura — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to DRA in Katsina
Codes either side of DRA in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole DRA 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.