Plate code

JTA Plate Number Meaning: Akure North, Ondo

The JTA plate number is registered in Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo. 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 JTA code — Akure North, Ondo
A plate issued in Akure North carries the JTA code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

Akure North, seat at Ita Ogbolu, uses JTA. Around 131,587 people were counted there in 2006 across 660 km², near 199 to the square kilometre. The code is issued once, with the papers, and read back later exactly as it was given, whoever owns the car by then.

JTA Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the JTA 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
JTA-174AA MITSUBISHI SPACE N/A
JTA-853AA HONDA CR-V CUSTOM
JTA-956AA TOYOTA SIENNA CUSTOM
JTA-999AA TOYOTA SIENNA ASH
JTA-987AA TOYOTA YARIS SKYBLUE

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 JTA

Local Government Area
Akure North
State
Ondo
Headquarters
Ita Ogbolu
Population
131,587 (2006)
Area
660 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 JTA Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so JTA places the paperwork in Akure North. 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 JTA plate away from Ondo 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 JTA plate number

What does the JTA plate number mean?

JTA is the registration code of Akure North Local Government Area in Ondo. 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 JTA plate number from?

Ondo. The code identifies the local government area — Akure North — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.

Have a whole JTA 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.