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Mini trucks in Hettinger County, North Dakota
North Dakota has a door for the road truck and a door for the farm truck.
Hettinger CountyNorth Dakota
Can I own one here
Owning one in Hettinger 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
Open to road use, to confirm. North Dakota has no law written for kei trucks and no requirement that a vehicle meet federal safety standards to be titled or registered. A truck that entered the country as a road vehicle is titled and registered through the Motor Vehicle Division on its foreign registration and customs papers.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Titled with NDDOT as an off-highway vehicle.
Getting one here
From Japan to Hettinger County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Everett, about 1,100 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 1,100 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,100 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
Hettinger County, counted.
Farms in Hettinger County hold 2,222 acres of woodland. Hettinger County averages 44 inches of snow a year. Hettinger County has 437 farms and 98 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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