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Mini trucks in Bennett County, South Dakota
South Dakota titles a road-built kei truck as a motor vehicle.
Bennett CountySouth Dakota
Can I own one here
Owning one in Bennett 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. South Dakota titles and registers a road-built kei truck as a motor vehicle. Its law counts motor trucks as motor vehicles and keeps the off-road class for vehicles designed primarily for land other than a highway or whose origin papers say not for highway use, and no South Dakota law asks for federal safety standards at registration.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. South Dakota off-road vehicle title through the county treasurer. SDCL 32-20-12
Getting one here
From Japan to Bennett County.
The road hub, then the nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- Houston, the road hub for Texas and the central states, about 1,200 road miles. Port Houston lists no direct sailing from Japan.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,200 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 1,200 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,200 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
Bennett County, counted.
Farms in Bennett County hold 8,228 acres of woodland. Bennett County averages 48 inches of snow a year. Bennett County has 214 farms and 132 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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