Can I own one here
Owning one in Waldo 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 Waldo County.
To confirm. In Waldo County, Jackson's fight over opening its roads to ATVs was reported and its current answer was not read, and a kei truck is not an ATV in Maine anyway, so it works private land and stays off every public way.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Jackson. After a 2020 permit for five town roads, the select board voted on 8 March 2022 to designate all town roads as ATV access routes, and a town meeting vote went against opening them, as reported. The current designation was not read. Select board vote of 8 March 2022, as reported, 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 Waldo County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,300 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,400 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
Waldo County, counted.
Waldo County grows 162 acres of orchards and vineyards. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Waldo County's ground. Waldo County averages 72 inches of snow a year.
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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