Can I own one here
Owning one in Monroe County.
On your own land
On private land with the owner's consent an off-road vehicle needs no local act. Indiana asks for BMV registration and decals on an off-road vehicle and DNR rules govern public land.
To confirm.
On the farm
IC 14-16-1-20 does not apply to a farm vehicle being used for farming, which is outside the off-road vehicle class by the BMV's own page. No Indiana source read puts a kei truck on a county road for farm work outside the local acts.
To confirm.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. Indiana titles and plates a mini truck for the road, and it may go anywhere except an interstate highway.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. ORV title, required for an ORV bought after 31 December 2009, applied for within 45 days.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Monroe County.
To confirm. Monroe County commissioners approved an ordinance in July 2026 that public radio reports lets insured utility vehicles use most county roads but not state highways or a list of busier county roads. The ordinance text was not read.
In town To confirm
- Closed Ellettsville. The town's police department said on social media after the county vote that the county ordinance does not authorize off-road vehicles, UTVs, ATVs or golf carts on town streets and that they stay prohibited there unless a separate town ordinance allows them. The town's code was not read. Ellettsville Police Department statement, July 2026, via WFIU, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Most county roads for utility task vehicles with four wheels, a top speed of at least 35 mph, insurance, seat belts, a roll cage, headlights, a brake light, turn signals, mirrors and a steering wheel. All terrain vehicles, three wheelers and golf carts stay barred. Busier county roads are excluded, Old State Road 37, Curry Pike and Fairfax Road among them, and the county has made a map of restricted roads. Read only in a WFIU report of 8 July 2026. Monroe County commissioners' ordinance on utility task vehicles on county roads, approved in July 2026, news report only, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Monroe County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 700 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 2,100 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
Monroe County, counted.
7 active surface mines and quarries work Monroe County's ground. Monroe County is mostly urban, with 21 percent of its people outside urban areas. Farms in Monroe County hold 26,837 acres of woodland.
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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