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Mini trucks in Raleigh County, West Virginia
Kei trucks in West Virginia, free on the farm and street legal on back roads.
Raleigh CountyWest Virginia
Can I own one here
Owning one in Raleigh County.
On your own land
On private land and on a farm off the public road a mini-truck is not on a highway and none of the county or town acts on this map applies. Title and registration are for street-legal use under 17A-13-1, and that section opens no area that is not open to motor vehicle use (17A-13-1(f)).
On the farm
A mini-truck used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes is exempt from title and registration and may use highways other than expressways to go from one tract of land to another, owned by the same person or different persons, up to 35 miles and by day. A farm exempt vehicle may not use the highways between sunset and sunrise unless it is a Class A farm-use vehicle with a current inspection sticker traveling 35 miles or less between tracts.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. West Virginia lets a titled, registered and equipped mini-truck run as a street-legal special purpose vehicle, off controlled-access and federal-aid highways and for no more than 20 miles on a road with centerline markings.
A newer governed truck
Farm use. None required for a mini-truck used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes. A title is required for street-legal use.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Raleigh County.
Roads open. Raleigh County's 2005 ordinance keeps straddle seat ATVs off roads with a centerline and says nothing of a UTV or a truck, so a titled, registered and equipped kei truck keeps the state's default on its county roads, up to 20 miles on a centerline road and off any highway built under a federal highways program. The towns were not read, and Beckley's council members say the city has no ordinance against ATVs on public roads.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Beckley. Two council members told a television station they knew of no city ordinance banning ATV riders from public roads as long as they obey state law. That is a statement and not an act. The city code, on Municode, was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
The county's 2005 ordinance bars an ATV from any unincorporated road with a centerline or more than two lanes except to cross, and from the shoulder of one for more than ten miles at 25 mph or less to get from one trail to another. It defines an ATV as a motor vehicle 52 inches or less wide, 800 pounds or less unladen, on three or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed to be straddled. A UTV, which has a steering wheel and bench or bucket seats, and a mini-truck are outside that definition, so the state's default for a street-legal special purpose vehicle stands on county roads. The ordinance does not reach roads inside municipalities. Raleigh County All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) Ordinance, adopted by the County Commission on 19 April 2005 by a unanimous vote, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Raleigh 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 2,500 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
Raleigh County, counted.
7 active surface mines and quarries work Raleigh County's ground. Raleigh County averages 47 inches of snow a year. Raleigh County is mostly urban, with 43 percent of its people outside urban areas.
Areas
The areas Raleigh 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 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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