JBY Plate Number Meaning: Jibia, Katsina
The JBY plate number is registered in Jibia 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.
Jibia, administered from Jibia town, registers as JBY. The 2006 census counted 169,748 residents over 1,037 km², roughly 164 for every square kilometre. A code is a registration fact and can be checked long after the sale it survived. The letters are the one part of a plate tied to a place.
JBY Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the JBY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JBY-128AA | VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT | ASH | |
| JBY-236AA | TOYOTA COROLLA LE | BLACK | |
| JBY-419AA | MITSUBISHI M/BISHI | RED | |
| JBY-507AA | HONDA ACCORD | 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 JBY
- Local Government Area
- Jibia
- State
- Katsina
- Headquarters
- Jibia
- Population
- 169,748 (2006)
- Area
- 1,037 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 JBY Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so JBY places the paperwork in Jibia. 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 JBY 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 JBY plate number
What does the JBY plate number mean?
JBY is the registration code of Jibia 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 JBY plate number from?
Katsina. The code identifies the local government area — Jibia — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to JBY in Katsina
Codes either side of JBY in the Katsina directory.
Have a whole JBY 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.