Plate code

KRM Plate Number Meaning: Kurmi, Taraba

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

Kurmi registers as KRM. Around 91,531 people were counted there in 2006 across 4,353 km², about 21 to the square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so every settlement inside the local government area registers under these same letters.

KRM Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KRM 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
KRM-628AA Toyota HIGHLANDER WHITE
KRM-123AA HONDA ACCORD N/A

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 KRM

Local Government Area
Kurmi
State
Taraba
Headquarters
Ba'Issa
Population
91,531 (2006)
Area
4,353 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 KRM Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KRM places the paperwork in Kurmi. 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 KRM plate away from Taraba 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 KRM plate number

What does the KRM plate number mean?

KRM is the registration code of Kurmi Local Government Area in Taraba. 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 KRM plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KRM in Taraba

Codes either side of KRM in the Taraba directory.

All Taraba plate number codes

Have a whole KRM 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.