Can I own one here
Owning one in Becker 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. In Minnesota a mini truck drives public roads only under a permit from a county, city or town and only on the roads that government designates.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. None. The mini truck definition reaches any kei truck of 660 cc or less that was not built to federal safety standards, governed or not.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Becker County.
Roads open. Becker County opens every county road and county state-aid highway outside its cities to mini trucks with a sheriff's permit, an inspection, a licensed driver and insurance, so a kei truck of either class has county roads here, while its towns were not read and state highways are crossing only.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Mini trucks with a sheriff's permit on every county road and county state-aid highway outside city jurisdiction. The ordinance sets no daylight limit and no speed of its own. No county ATV ordinance was read, so for ATVs the state rule of 84.928 subd. 1(c) applies, class 2 ATVs on the right shoulder or extreme right unless the county restricts them. Becker County Mini Truck Ordinance, Ordinance No. XVII, adopted 13 July 2010, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Becker County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Everett, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,500 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
Becker County, counted.
Becker County averages 48 inches of snow a year. Farms in Becker County hold 48,983 acres of woodland. Becker County has 952 farms and 295 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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