LND Plate Number Meaning: Lagos-Mainland, Lagos
The LND plate number is registered in Lagos-Mainland Local Government Area, Lagos. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
LND is the Lagos Mainland code, administered from Ebute Metta. Every Nigerian plate opens with three letters that fix the vehicle to a local government area, and this is the district those letters point to. The code is set when the car is first registered and follows it through every sale, until an owner registers it under another district and a new code replaces it.
LND Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the LND 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LND-128AA | Honda Accord | Ash | |
| LND-174AA | Nissan Serena Bus | Blue | |
| LND-236AA | Nissan Urvan Bus | White | |
| LND-305AA | Lexus S/C | Gold | |
| LND-507AA | Nissan Primera S/Wagon | Grey | |
| LND-628AA | Toyota Camry | Blue | |
| LND-741AA | Honda Crv Jeep | Black | |
| LND-853AA | Toyota Camry | Grey | |
| LND-956AA | Honda Crv | Grey | |
| LND-111AA | Bmw X5 Jeep | Silver | |
| LND-222AA | Hyundao Santafe | Brown | |
| LND-333AA | Toyota Highlander Jeep | Gold | |
| LND-555AA | Honda Accord S/Car | Gold | |
| LND-666AA | Nissan Rogue | Ash | |
| LND-777AA | Toyota Sienna | Gold | |
| LND-888AA | Renault S/Car | Silver | |
| LND-999AA | Toyota Camry | Blue | |
| LND-123AA | Toyota Corolla | Silver | |
| LND-234AA | Toyota 4runner | Ash | |
| LND-345AA | Ford Econoline | White | |
| LND-456AA | V/Wagen Golf | Red | |
| LND-567AA | Toyota Rav | White | |
| LND-678AA | Mazda Mpv | Silver | |
| LND-789AA | Nissan Pathfinder | Ash | |
| LND-987AA | Mit Pajero | Black |
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.
What LND Plates Look Like
Counted from the 32 LND plates we hold. It describes what we have seen, not the vehicle register — and the colour is the paint on the car, which is a different question from the colour of the plate itself. What plate colours mean
The District Behind LND
- Local Government Area
- Lagos-Mainland
- State
- Lagos
- Headquarters
- Ebute Metta
Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.
What the LND Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so LND places the paperwork in Lagos-Mainland. 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 LND plate away from Lagos 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 LND plate number
What does the LND plate number mean?
LND is the registration code of Lagos-Mainland Local Government Area in Lagos. 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 LND plate number from?
Lagos. The code identifies the local government area — Lagos-Mainland — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Can I find out who owns a LND plate number?
No, and not from any public source. Registration holders are personal data held by the FRSC and the state motor vehicle administration agency, released to the police, the courts and insurers through their own channels. What is public is the code, which is what this page publishes.
Is a LND plate valid outside Lagos?
Yes. A Nigerian plate is valid nationwide, and the code simply records where the registration was issued. Re-registration is what changes the code, and it is not required merely because the vehicle has moved.
How do I check a full LND plate number?
Use the plate lookup on our verify page: type the whole plate, and it reads the three-letter prefix and returns the local government area and the state. To find out what the vehicle has been through, check it by VIN instead.
Codes Next to LND in Lagos
Codes either side of LND in the Lagos directory.
Have a whole LND 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.