Can I own one here
Owning one in Penobscot County.
On your own land
A kei truck in Maine is an off-road vehicle that cannot be registered or titled, and it works on land its owner owns or leases or on another's land with permission, never on a public way.
On the farm
No farm rule puts a kei truck on a Maine road. The special registration permit of 29-A 501(8), which lets an ATV travel a road for farm purposes between farm lots, is a Title 29-A registration that 354 forbids for an off-road vehicle.
A 25 year truck on the road
Closed to road use. Maine classes a mini truck as an off-road vehicle, and an off-road vehicle cannot be registered or used on a public way.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. None. Off-road vehicles are exempt from Maine title under 29-A MRSA 652(17).
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Penobscot County.
To confirm. Millinocket opens its streets to ATVs by day by its own guide, but a kei truck is not an ATV in Maine, so it works private land and stays off every public way.
In town To confirm
- Some Millinocket. The town's own ATV guide says ATVs may use town streets from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. except while the state's trails are closed for mud season, with posted access and connector trails at 10 mph and 25 mph elsewhere in town, single file at the far right and lights on. Riders may leave home on the access trails to reach businesses and the Katahdin Region Multi-Use Trail. The ordinance behind the guide was not read. Town FAQ on ATV use, posted May 2018, read 28 October 2026
County roads To confirm
Maine has no county road system. County commissioners designate ATV access routes only on public ways in the county's unorganized territory, 13157-A(6)(H). No county act was found.
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Penobscot County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,400 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 3,000 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
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
Penobscot County, counted.
Penobscot County averages 77 inches of snow a year. 5 active surface mines and quarries work Penobscot County's ground. Penobscot County grows 244 acres of orchards and vineyards.
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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