Plate code

KRV Plate Number Meaning: Karu, Nasarawa

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

KRV is issued in Karu, seat at Karu town. The 2006 census counted 205,477 residents over 2,640 km², some 78 for every square kilometre. Codes name districts rather than towns, so settlements inside the local government area share these letters.

KRV Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the KRV 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
KRV-236AA PEUGEOT 806 BLUE
KRV-305AA TOYOTA CARINA II ASH
KRV-507AA Mercede-Benz Red
KRV-956AA V/WAGEN SHARON RED
KRV-111AA HONDA ACCORD BROWN
KRV-222AA HONDA ACCORD ASH
KRV-987AA Skoda Saloon 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 KRV

Local Government Area
Karu
State
Nasarawa
Headquarters
Karu
Population
205,477 (2006)
Area
2,640 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 KRV Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so KRV places the paperwork in Karu. 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 KRV plate away from Nasarawa 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 KRV plate number

What does the KRV plate number mean?

KRV is the registration code of Karu Local Government Area in Nasarawa. 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 KRV plate number from?

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

Codes Next to KRV in Nasarawa

Codes either side of KRV in the Nasarawa directory.

All Nasarawa plate number codes

Have a whole KRV 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.