Can I own one here
Owning one in Anderson County.
On your own land, yes
Owning a kei truck and working it on a ranch, a farm, a mine or private property does not depend on a road title. Some states still ask for a title or an off road registration.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. A micro utility truck may drive Kansas public roads that are not interstate, federal or state highways. City streets open only where the city allows it.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Nonhighway certificate of title. The micro utility truck definition asks whether the truck could exceed 40 mph as originally manufactured, so on its face it reaches a governed truck as well as an old one.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Anderson County.
Roads open. The sheriff of Anderson County said in 2019 that these vehicles are legal on the rural roads of the county and that each city must pass its own ordinance for its streets, and the statute says the same. Garnett's code was not read.
This rests on Kansas law. No Anderson County ordinance or resolution was read.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Garnett. The sheriff said in June 2019 that a city council must pass an ordinance before all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles may be driven on its streets, as K.S.A. 8-15,100(a)(2) says. The city's code was not read. Anderson County Review, 11 June 2019, sheriff statement, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Colony. The city's own code was not read. Kansas keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles and micro utility trucks unless the city authorizes them, K.S.A. 8-15,100(a)(2), 8-15,106(a)(2) and 8-15,109(a)(2).
- To confirm Greeley. The city's own code was not read. Kansas keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles and micro utility trucks unless the city authorizes them, K.S.A. 8-15,100(a)(2), 8-15,106(a)(2) and 8-15,109(a)(2).
- To confirm Westphalia. The city's own code was not read. Kansas keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles and micro utility trucks unless the city authorizes them, K.S.A. 8-15,100(a)(2), 8-15,106(a)(2) and 8-15,109(a)(2).
- To confirm Kincaid. The city's own code was not read. Kansas keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles and micro utility trucks unless the city authorizes them, K.S.A. 8-15,100(a)(2), 8-15,106(a)(2) and 8-15,109(a)(2).
County roads Open
County and township roads outside the corporate limits of every city are open by state law to all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles and micro utility trucks. K.S.A. 8-15,100(a), 8-15,106(a) and 8-15,109(a) bar them only from interstate, federal and state highways and from city streets the city has not authorized, and the sections name no county power over them. No resolution of Anderson County changing that was read. K.S.A. 8-15,100(a), 8-15,106(a) and 8-15,109(a). No county act read., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Anderson County.
The road hub, then the nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- Houston, the road hub for Texas and the central states, about 700 road miles. Port Houston lists no direct sailing from Japan.
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,100 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,100 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,600 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
Anderson County, counted.
Anderson County has 529 farms and 320 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farms in Anderson County hold 13,787 acres of woodland. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Anderson County's ground.
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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