Plate code

RSH Plate Number Meaning: Karshi, Abuja

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

RSH belongs to Karshi, which the register carries as a district of the Federal Capital Territory rather than as one of its six area councils. Nigerian plates carry their geography in the opening three letters and nothing else: the digits and the pair that close the plate belong to the individual vehicle. The letters are fixed at first registration, are not recycled between councils, and are replaced only when a car is entered on the register somewhere new.

RSH Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the RSH 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
RSH-128AA HONDA CRV JEEP
RSH-174AA
RSH-236AA TOYOTA HILUX PICK -UP
RSH-305AA HYUNDAI TUCSON S U V
RSH-419AA TOYOTA SIENNA GREEN
RSH-507AA JEEP
RSH-628AA TOYOTA CAMRY NILL
RSH-741AA TOYOTA SIENNA
RSH-853AA JEEP
RSH-111AA TOYOTA HIGHLANDER GREY
RSH-999AA AUDI Q7 WHITE
RSH-123AA TOYOTA CAMRY
RSH-987AA TOYOTA CAMRY ASH

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 RSH Plates Look Like

13 Plates checked
Toyota Most common make — 7 of 12 records

Counted from the 13 RSH 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 RSH

Local Government Area
Karshi
State
Abuja (FCT)
Headquarters
Karshi

Population and area describe the local government area itself and come from public census and geographic data, not from the plate register.

What the RSH Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so RSH places the paperwork in Karshi. 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 RSH plate away from Abuja 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 RSH plate number

What does the RSH plate number mean?

RSH is the registration code of Karshi Local Government Area in Abuja. 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 RSH plate number from?

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

Can I find out who owns a RSH 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 RSH plate valid outside Abuja?

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 RSH 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 RSH 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.