Can I own one here
Owning one in Waseca 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 Waseca County.
Some routes. Waseca County lets mini trucks and golf carts with a yearly sheriff's permit use its county roads only where they pass through a city or township that has its own permit ordinance, and the permit is not valid in the City of Waseca, so a kei truck's route here depends on the town.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Waseca. The county permit is not valid in the City of Waseca. The city's own code was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Golf carts and mini trucks with an annual sheriff's permit on county roads and county state-aid highways only inside the limits of a city or town that has its own 169.045 ordinance. Which cities and towns have one was not read. No county ATV ordinance was found, so for ATVs the state rule of 84.928 subd. 1(c) applies, and the county lies in the agricultural zone. Golf cart and mini truck ordinance passed 7 May 2013, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Waseca 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 1,700 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
Waseca County, counted.
Waseca County has 622 farms and 101 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Waseca County averages 52 inches of snow a year. Farms in Waseca County hold 2,985 acres of woodland.
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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