Can I own one here
Owning one in Franklin County.
On your own land
The three statutes govern highways and streams. They do not reach private land, where Missouri sets no registration for a utility vehicle or a recreational off-highway vehicle, and the Department of Revenue titles and registers only ATVs.
On the farm
RSMo 304.013(1)(2), 304.032(1)(2) and 304.033(1)(2) let an ATV, a utility vehicle and a recreational off-highway vehicle use a highway for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes. An ATV and a utility vehicle do so between sunrise and sunset, and a utility vehicle may also run at night with proper lighting. The driver needs a valid licence and a utility vehicle stays under 45 mph, 304.032(3). Whether a kei truck counts as one of those vehicles is the open question.
A 25 year truck on the road
Open to road use. Missouri law writes a title class, the Non-USA-Std motor vehicle, for a vehicle not originally made to US safety or emissions standards. The Department of Revenue titles and registers an import declared under Box 1 of Form HS-7, the federal 25 year lane, after a Highway Patrol examination.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. Turns on the HS-7 box the importer declares. Missouri refuses Boxes 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13. NHTSA has called Box 8 the declaration for a vehicle not manufactured primarily for use on the public roads, and Missouri's page neither refuses Box 8 nor lists papers for it.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Franklin County.
To confirm. Franklin County's commission has approved UTVs on county roads for a single charity event by an order of September 2024, and no standing county act was found, so the routes are to be confirmed.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Washington. The town's own code was not read.
- To confirm Union. The town's own code was not read.
- To confirm Pacific. The town's own code was not read.
County roads To confirm
A search summary of Franklin County Commission Order 2024-326 of 19 September 2024 says it approved UTV use on county roads for a one-day charity poker run under RSMo 304.013, with signage along the route. That is a one-time allowance and not a standing rule, and the order's PDF no longer opens, so it was not read. No standing county ordinance was found.
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Franklin County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 900 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 900 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,800 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
A newer off road truck never lands in California. It comes in through Tacoma or by way of Houston.
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
Franklin County, counted.
Franklin County has 1,657 farms and 763 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 55 percent of Franklin County's people live outside urban areas. 4 active surface mines and quarries work Franklin County's ground.
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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