Can I own one here
Owning one in Orleans 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. Since 1 July 2026 Vermont law names kei vehicles as pleasure cars, so a road eligible kei truck registers and drives like any other car, or as a farm truck at the owner's option.
A newer governed truck
Farm use. No road title for a truck imported only as nonroad equipment.
Getting one here
From Japan to Orleans County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,400 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 2,800 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
Orleans County, counted.
Orleans County averages 99 inches of snow a year. Orleans County grows 123 acres of orchards and vineyards. 100 percent of Orleans County's people live outside urban areas.
Areas
The areas Orleans County is part of.
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 30 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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