Plate code

DUT Plate Number Meaning: Dutse, Jigawa

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

Dutse registers as DUT. Around 431,800 people (2022) live across 1,089 km², roughly 397 for every square kilometre. A plate lookup answers with the district and the state behind the code, and stops there — owners are not part of what the register publishes.

DUT Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the DUT 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
DUT-419AA VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GOLF NIL
DUT-507AA MERCEDES-BENZ 230E NIL
DUT-628AA TOYOTA COROLLA NIL
DUT-853AA TOYOTA COROLLA NIL
DUT-999AA PEUGEOT 206 CUSTOM

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 DUT

Local Government Area
Dutse
State
Jigawa
Population
431,800 (2022)
Area
1,089 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 DUT Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so DUT places the paperwork in Dutse. 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 DUT plate away from Jigawa 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 DUT plate number

What does the DUT plate number mean?

DUT is the registration code of Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa. 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 DUT plate number from?

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

Codes Next to DUT in Jigawa

Codes either side of DUT in the Jigawa directory.

All Jigawa plate number codes

Have a whole DUT 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.