KRS Plate Number Meaning: Karasuwa, Yobe
The KRS plate number is registered in Karasuwa Local Government Area, Yobe. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
Karasuwa registers vehicles as KRS. Around 106,992 people were recorded there in 2006 over 1,162 km², about 92 for every square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle rather than the driver and survive every change of hands. That is the whole of what three letters can honestly tell you.
KRS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the KRS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRS-128AA | PONTIAC VIBE | ASH |
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 KRS
- Local Government Area
- Karasuwa
- State
- Yobe
- Headquarters
- Jajimaji
- Population
- 106,992 (2006)
- Area
- 1,162 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 KRS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KRS places the paperwork in Karasuwa. 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 KRS plate away from Yobe 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 KRS plate number
What does the KRS plate number mean?
KRS is the registration code of Karasuwa Local Government Area in Yobe. 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 KRS plate number from?
Yobe. The code identifies the local government area — Karasuwa — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to KRS in Yobe
Codes either side of KRS in the Yobe directory.
Have a whole KRS 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.