MUS Plate Number Meaning: Mushin, Lagos
The MUS plate number is registered in Mushin 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.
Mushin plates carry MUS. Around 935,400 people (2022) live in the district's 17 km², about 55,000 to the square kilometre, which is inner-city Lagos in a single figure. The code is issued with the registration and travels with the vehicle; a car bought here and driven to Ibadan keeps MUS until its owner re-registers it there.
MUS Plates We Have Checked
Plates carrying the MUS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUS-128AA | Toyota Camry | White | |
| MUS-174AA | Toyota Camry | Ash | |
| MUS-236AA | Nissan Pathfinder | Cream | |
| MUS-305AA | Toyota Corolla | Black | |
| MUS-419AA | Toyota Previa | Grey | |
| MUS-507AA | Honda Accord | Grey | |
| MUS-628AA | Toyota Hilux | Grey | |
| MUS-741AA | Mazda 626 | Grey | |
| MUS-853AA | V/Wagen Sharan | Blue | |
| MUS-956AA | Mazda s/Car | Blue | |
| MUS-111AA | Ml 320 Jeep | Black | |
| MUS-333AA | Honda S/Car | Black | |
| MUS-444AA | Nissan Maxima | Black | |
| MUS-555AA | Daewoo Prince | Blue | |
| MUS-666AA | V/Wagen Bus | Blue | |
| MUS-777AA | Toyota Sienna | Silver | |
| MUS-888AA | Nissan Primera | Red | |
| MUS-999AA | Toyota Camry | Green | |
| MUS-123AA | Highlander Jeep | Grey | |
| MUS-234AA | Hyundai Elantra | Blue | |
| MUS-345AA | Nissan Primera | Black | |
| MUS-456AA | Toyota Corolla S/Car | Grey | |
| MUS-567AA | Nissan Pathfinder | Silver | |
| MUS-678AA | Toyota Camry | Gold | |
| MUS-789AA | Mit Lancer | Red |
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 MUS Plates Look Like
Counted from the 33 MUS 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 MUS
- Local Government Area
- Mushin
- State
- Lagos
- Headquarters
- Mushin
- Population
- 935,400 (2022)
- Area
- 17 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 MUS Code Does and Does Not Tell You
A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so MUS places the paperwork in Mushin. 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 MUS 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 MUS plate number
What does the MUS plate number mean?
MUS is the registration code of Mushin 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 MUS plate number from?
Lagos. The code identifies the local government area — Mushin — and the state is printed on the plate in words above the number.
Can I find out who owns a MUS 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 MUS 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 MUS 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 MUS in Lagos
Codes either side of MUS in the Lagos directory.
Have a whole MUS 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.