Plate code

USS Plate Number Meaning: Ussa, Taraba

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

Ussa uses USS. The 2006 census counted 92,017 residents across 1,495 km², near 62 for every square kilometre. The letters follow the vehicle rather than the driver and survive every change of hands it goes through. A sale changes the owner, never the district on the plate.

USS Plates We Have Checked

Plates carrying the USS 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
USS-174AA TOYOTA COROLLA 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 USS

Local Government Area
Ussa
State
Taraba
Headquarters
Lissam
Population
92,017 (2006)
Area
1,495 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 USS Code Does and Does Not Tell You

A Nigerian plate carries the code of the local government area that issued the registration, so USS places the paperwork in Ussa. 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 USS plate away from Taraba 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 USS plate number

What does the USS plate number mean?

USS is the registration code of Ussa Local Government Area in Taraba. 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 USS plate number from?

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

Codes Next to USS in Taraba

Codes either side of USS in the Taraba directory.

All Taraba plate number codes

Have a whole USS 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.