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Mini trucks in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin keeps kei trucks to private ground and collector plates.
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Can I own one here
Owning one in Jefferson County.
On your own land
On a farm or private land closed to public traffic a kei truck needs no registration in Wisconsin, with the owner's consent.
On the farm
No Wisconsin farm rule names a kei truck. An implement of husbandry under 340.01(24) must be manufactured, designed or reconstructed for farm work and used only for it. Whether a kei truck can qualify by reconstruction is not settled.
To confirm.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits, to confirm. Wisconsin law names Kei class vehicles, refuses them regular plates and counts them as off-road utility vehicles that may never use a highway posted over 35 mph. The statute's words leave collector plates open to an eligible special interest vehicle, and WisDOT decides whether a kei truck qualifies.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. A Kei class vehicle may be titled. A newer truck is too young for collector plates, so no registration is open.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Jefferson County.
To confirm. Jefferson County is reported to open county highways to ATVs and UTVs by committee and the City of Jefferson opens most of its streets, but the county's current act still has to be read.
In town To confirm
- Open Jefferson. All city streets except Business WIS 26 North on Main Street from Puerner Street to North Watertown Avenue and Junction Road. The ordinance it amends carried a six month sunset unless extended, and no extension was read. City of Jefferson Ordinance 6-22, passed 4 October 2022, amending Ordinance 265-19, read 28 October 2026
County roads To confirm
A news report says the county board opened county highways to ATVs and UTVs for a trial period, with the Highway Committee naming the usable routes and no riding from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. The county ordinance and any renewal were not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Jefferson County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,000 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 2,000 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
Jefferson County, counted.
Jefferson County has 955 farms and 248 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Jefferson County grows 135 acres of orchards and vineyards. Jefferson County is mostly urban, with 45 percent of its people 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 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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