Plate code

DTS Plate Number Meaning: Dutsi, Katsina

The DTS plate number is registered in Dutsi 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.

Nigerian number plate with the DTS code — Dutsi, Katsina
A plate issued in Dutsi carries the DTS code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

DTS marks Dutsi. About 120,023 people lived over its 283 km² in 2006, some 424 for every square kilometre. The code identifies where a registration was opened; the chassis number is what identifies the vehicle it was opened for. Placing a registration is all a code was ever meant to do.

DTS Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DTS 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
DTS-236AA HONDA STREAM BLACK
DTS-305AA PEUGEOT 406 GREEN

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 DTS

Local Government Area
Dutsi
State
Katsina
Population
120,023 (2006)
Area
283 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 DTS Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DTS places the paperwork in Dutsi. 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 DTS 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 DTS plate number

What does the DTS plate number mean?

DTS is the registration code of Dutsi 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 DTS plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DTS in Katsina

Codes either side of DTS in the Katsina directory.

All Katsina plate number codes

Have a whole DTS 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.