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Mini trucks in Brunswick County, North Carolina
Kei trucks in North Carolina, plated for roads posted 55 and under.
Brunswick CountyNorth Carolina
Can I own one here
Owning one in Brunswick County.
On your own land
On private land a utility vehicle needs no registration, because registration attaches to a motor vehicle used on a highway. NCDMV will title one on request.
To confirm.
On the farm
A utility vehicle used for agricultural or horticultural purposes is titled on request and not registered, and no farm exception that puts an unregistered kei truck on a public road was found.
To confirm.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. North Carolina has a mini-truck class in its statutes, and a registered, insured and inspected mini-truck may be driven on streets and highways posted 55 mph or less.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. A utility vehicle, designed for off-road use and used for maintenance, security, agricultural or horticultural purposes, may be titled by NCDMV since 1 October 2024 (G.S. 20-53.6). Title is optional.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Brunswick County.
To confirm. Brunswick County lets registered golf carts that cannot exceed 20 mph use unincorporated streets posted 35 mph or less, and no act for a UTV or an off-road vehicle was found or read.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads To confirm
The county's one act found opens unincorporated public streets, roads and highways posted 35 mph or less to golf carts only, meaning a vehicle designed for a golf course and not capable of exceeding 20 mph, with county registration and inspection. It does not name a UTV or an off-road vehicle, and the county's wider code was not searched. Brunswick County Code Chapter 1-7 Article V, adopted 1 November 2010 and effective 1 December 2010, under G.S. 153A-245, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Brunswick County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 250 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 400 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 2,700 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
Brunswick County, counted.
Brunswick County is mostly urban, with 36 percent of its people outside urban areas. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Brunswick County's ground. Farms in Brunswick County hold 9,874 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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