If you are a vehicle owner in Nigeria, plate number verification importance can not be overemphasized. Since driving on Nigerian roads without plate numbers is considered a legal offence, the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) designs and produces car number plates which are then issued to the car owners by the State Boards of Internal Revenue. The problem now is that many Nigerian car owners have fake plate numbers without their knowledge. This article seeks to show you how to verify a Nigerian plate number to ensure it is genuine.
How to verify a Nigerian plate number would be discussed below:
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Verification of Nigerian Plate Numbers Online
Verifying Nigerian plate numbers online is one of the easiest ways to verify plate numbers. The process of the online verification is as follows; visit the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official portal which is dedicated specifically to the National Vehicle Identification System and then follow the instructions.
You can start by going to https://nvis.frsc.gov.ng and then wait for the page to load and then click on the “verify number plate” option. This would then take you to another page where you would be asked to input your number plate. Enter the number plate and then click on submit. For example, input LAG572F2 and then click submit. If the plate number is registered properly with the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the correct information about the vehicle would be shown to you. If the plate number is fake, you would see “null”.
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Verification of Nigerian Plate Numbers through SMS
Another way to easily verify If your Nigerian plate number is genuine is through SMS. If you do not have access to the internet and do not want to go through the stress of going to the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) portal, you can still verify your plate number by using your phone SMS service.
The first thing to do is to go to your phone messaging app and create a new message and then type ” VerifyPlateNo” and then the plate number you want to verify. For example, type “VerifyPlateNo LAG572F2” and send it to 33324. Note that you have to type the plate number correctly to get the desired result. After sending the message, your message would be delivered and you then receive a corresponding message telling you if your plate number is genuine and registered correctly.
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Verification of Nigerian Number Plates through the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) Agency App
One of the ways to verify Nigerian plate numbers is to install the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) app. The Federal Road Safety Corps has designed an app that assists the general public to register their plate numbers and also verify these numbers. The first thing to do is to install the app on your mobile device. If you are an android user, download the app by visiting the Google Play Store. As for iPhone users, visit the app store.
Once you have downloaded and installed the app, input your number plate in the place you would see “enter plate no”. The next step would be to click on verify and wait for a message that would show you if your plate number is genuine and properly registered or not.
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Visit The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Office
Another way you can verify a Nigerian plate number is to visit the physical office of the Nigerian Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) nearest to you. Since all the data and information concerning every plate number and its owner is reserved by the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), you can visit their office to get any information you need concerning any plate number provided you have a genuine reason for doing so.
If it is a case of theft or armed robbery, and you want to discover the owner of the car through its plate number, you have to first report it to the police and then request a police report. This police report would help you with the processes that would be required in the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office. The police report would help you convince the agency to help you check the plate number owner. The Federal Road Safety Corps officials can then proceed to help you verify the plate number so that you can know the car owner. Just make sure you go with the police report.
- For people in Lagos State, if you want to verify your plate number, all you have to do is to consult the Lagos Vehicle Administration Agency. When you do this you can have access to the vehicle’s registration details such as its colour, vehicle status, car model, chassis number and the date of issuance of the number plate. All you have to do is visit https://www.lsmvaapvs.org and then input the plate number. Make sure there is no space when you are inputting the number to achieve your desired result. Once you have inputted your plate number, click on the search icon. Wait for a while and information concerning your plate number would be displayed to ascertain if it is genuine or not.
- Here are some reasons why you need to verify your Nigerian plate number. They include armed robbery. In a situation where armed robbers’ plate numbers are sighted, people around could easily report to the police so that they can be traced and tracked down. Another reason why you need to verify your Nigerian plate number is in the case of theft. Once a person’s car is stolen and the person wants to file for a case of the missing car, the person would be required to submit the plate number for the appropriate verification. These are the criteria before the police can proceed with further investigation and then tracing and tracking down the missing car. Note that it would be impossible to track down the car if the car does not have a genuine plate number verification.