Can I own one here
Owning one in Houston 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 Houston County.
Roads open. Houston County opens every county road, inside its cities too, to ATVs, UTVs and golf carts with a three year sheriff's permit and a licensed, insured driver, and the City of Houston opens its streets to the same three, but neither names mini trucks, so no road here is known to be open to a kei truck.
In town Some
- Open Houston. Golf carts, ATVs and UTVs by city permit of up to three calendar years on all city streets under the city's jurisdiction, with a licensed, insured driver. Mini trucks are not included. Ordinance No. 249, passed 8 December 2025, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
ATVs, golf carts and UTVs with a sheriff's permit on the right shoulder, or the extreme right where there is no shoulder, of every county highway and county state-aid highway, inside city limits too, at no more than the posted or statutory speed. Golf carts only on county roads posted 45 mph or less, plus County Road 6 between Town Hall Road and North Pine Creek Road near La Crescent. Permits from other jurisdictions are honoured. Ordinance No. 17, effective 22 July 2025, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Houston County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,300 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,800 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
Houston County, counted.
Farms in Houston County hold 56,829 acres of woodland. Houston County has 797 farms and 306 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Houston County grows 121 acres of orchards and vineyards.
Areas
The areas Houston County is part of.
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.
Contact
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