Can I own one here
Owning one in Sussex 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. Virginia has no mini truck class and no kei restriction. It titles and registers an imported vehicle 25 years or older on its export certificate and federal entry papers, like any other import.
A newer governed truck
Utility terrain vehicle. Virginia requires titles for new ATVs and off-road motorcycles over 50 cc and allows a title for a used one. No title rule specific to utility vehicles was found.
Getting one here
From Japan to Sussex County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 500 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 600 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
Sussex County, counted.
4 active surface mines and quarries work Sussex County's ground. Farms in Sussex County hold 17,805 acres of woodland. 100 percent of Sussex County's people live outside urban areas.
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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