Plate code

DRZ Plate Number Meaning: Darazo, Bauchi

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

Darazo, administered from Darazo town, issues DRZ. The 2006 census recorded 251,597 residents over 3,015 km², near 83 people to the square kilometre. Codes stay on the vehicle until it is registered somewhere else, whoever owns it in the meantime.

DRZ Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DRZ 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
DRZ-174AA HONDA ACCORD CUSTOM
DRZ-305AA V/Wagen Custom
DRZ-419AA VOLKSWAGEN SHARON BLUE
DRZ-507AA V/Wagen Golf Iii S/W Custom
DRZ-628AA Vectra Custom
DRZ-123AA Honda Civic 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 DRZ

Local Government Area
Darazo
State
Bauchi
Headquarters
Darazo
Population
251,597 (2006)
Area
3,015 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 DRZ Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DRZ places the paperwork in Darazo. 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 DRZ plate away from Bauchi 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 DRZ plate number

What does the DRZ plate number mean?

DRZ is the registration code of Darazo Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 DRZ plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DRZ in Bauchi

Codes either side of DRZ in the Bauchi directory.

All Bauchi plate number codes

Have a whole DRZ 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.