MSA Plate Number Meaning: Misau, Bauchi
The MSA plate number is registered in Misau Local Government Area, Bauchi. Those three letters record where the vehicle was first put on the road — not who drives it, and not where it is today.
MSA is the Misau code, seat at Misau. The 2006 census recorded 263,487 people over 1,226 km², about 215 to the square kilometre. Bauchi allocates one code per district, and this one has carried Misau's registrations since it was assigned.
MSA Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MSA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSA-128AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| MSA-174AA | HONDA HONDA CIVIC | RED | |
| MSA-236AA | HONDA CIVIC (2000) | ASH | |
| MSA-305AA | HONDA CIVIC (2000) | RED | |
| MSA-419AA | OPEL VECTRA | CUSTOM | |
| MSA-507AA | PEUGEOT 406 | CUSTOM | |
| MSA-628AA | VOLKSWAGEN GOLF | CUSTOM | |
| MSA-853AA | v/Wagen Golf | Custom | |
| MSA-956AA | HONDA | RED | |
| MSA-111AA | HONDA ODYSSEY | GREY | |
| MSA-222AA | OPEL ZAFIRA | RED | |
| MSA-123AA | HONDA ACCORD | BLUE |
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 MSA Plates Look Like
Counted from the 13 MSA 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 MSA
- Local Government Area
- Misau
- State
- Bauchi
- Headquarters
- Misau
- Population
- 263,487 (2006)
- Area
- 1,226 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 MSA Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MSA places the paperwork in Misau. 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 MSA plate away from Bauchi 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 MSA plate number
What does the MSA plate number mean?
MSA is the registration code of Misau Local Government Area in Bauchi. 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 MSA plate number from?
Bauchi. The code identifies the local government area — Misau — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Codes Next to MSA in Bauchi
Codes either side of MSA in the Bauchi directory.
Have a whole MSA 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.