Can I own one here
Owning one in Johnson County.
On your own land
On private land with the owner's consent an off-road vehicle needs no local act. Indiana asks for BMV registration and decals on an off-road vehicle and DNR rules govern public land.
To confirm.
On the farm
IC 14-16-1-20 does not apply to a farm vehicle being used for farming, which is outside the off-road vehicle class by the BMV's own page. No Indiana source read puts a kei truck on a county road for farm work outside the local acts.
To confirm.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. Indiana titles and plates a mini truck for the road, and it may go anywhere except an interstate highway.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. ORV title, required for an ORV bought after 31 December 2009, applied for within 45 days.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Johnson County.
To confirm. Johnson County's Ordinance 2024-O-9, as the Town of Trafalgar's permit form describes it, lets registered off-highway vehicles use any county highway in the unincorporated area from sixteen years of age and limits golf carts to designated roads. The ordinance text was not read.
In town Some
- Some Trafalgar. A town permit for golf carts and ATVs on designated streets, with a licence, insurance and a decal, under Ordinance 2017-007 as the permit form names it. The ordinance was not read. Town of Trafalgar Ordinance 2017-007, as named on the town's permit form, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
Any county highway in unincorporated Johnson County for off-highway vehicles, driven by a person of sixteen or older with a licence or state photo identification, registered with the sheriff's office with a sticker, in daylight unless lit. Golf carts only on roads the ordinance designates and signs. The county ordinance does not reach towns. Read only in a town's form. Johnson County Ordinance 2024-O-9, as summarized on the Town of Trafalgar's permit form, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Johnson County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 700 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 2,200 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
A newer off road truck never lands in California. It comes in through Tacoma or by way of Houston.
Trucks travel in containers, one to a 20 foot box with room for parts or three to a 40 foot box.
Road miles are an estimate, the straight line times 1.2.
The ground
Johnson County, counted.
2 active surface mines and quarries work Johnson County's ground. Johnson County is mostly urban, with 13 percent of its people outside urban areas. Johnson County has 520 farms and 98 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Importing a kei truck
The essentials, in short.
A truck under 25 can come in only as governed off road equipment, and only if its engine family held an EPA nonroad certificate for that model year. No kei engine family was certified for mini trucks before model year 2010, so a truck built after 31 October 2001 and before model year 2010 has no federal door until its 25th birthday.
Two lanes
A road truck must be 25 years old by its own build date. A newer truck comes in only as governed off road equipment with a certified engine.
The 25 percent duty
Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty at the port, whatever its age.
The paperwork
The customs entry and the two federal declarations, DOT Form HS-7 and EPA Form 3520-1, travel with the truck to your title office.
The title
Keep every stamped paper with the truck. Your state title office asks to see them.
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