Plate code

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.

Nigerian number plate with the MUS code — Mushin, Lagos
A plate issued in Mushin carries the MUS code. The characters after it are a sample, not a real registration.

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

33 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 13 of 31 records
Blue Most common colour — 9 of 33 records

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.

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.