Plate code

MBR Plate Number Meaning: Mobbar, Borno

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

MBR belongs to Mobbar, whose seat is at Damasak. About 116,654 residents were recorded in 2006 across 2,790 km², some 42 for every square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle through resale, so they describe its paperwork rather than its present keeper.

MBR Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the MBR 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
MBR-128AA TOYOTA CAMRY CUSTOM
MBR-305AA LEXUS JEEP CUSTOM
MBR-741AA TOYOTA COROLLA 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 MBR

Local Government Area
Mobbar
State
Borno
Headquarters
Damasak
Population
116,654 (2006)
Area
2,790 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 MBR Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MBR places the paperwork in Mobbar. 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 MBR plate away from Borno 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 MBR plate number

What does the MBR plate number mean?

MBR is the registration code of Mobbar Local Government Area in Borno. 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 MBR plate number from?

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

Codes Next to MBR in Borno

Codes either side of MBR in the Borno directory.

All Borno plate number codes

Have a whole MBR 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.