Can I own one here
Owning one in Franklin County.
On your own land
A kei truck in Maine is an off-road vehicle that cannot be registered or titled, and it works on land its owner owns or leases or on another's land with permission, never on a public way.
On the farm
No farm rule puts a kei truck on a Maine road. The special registration permit of 29-A 501(8), which lets an ATV travel a road for farm purposes between farm lots, is a Title 29-A registration that 354 forbids for an off-road vehicle.
A 25 year truck on the road
Closed to road use. Maine classes a mini truck as an off-road vehicle, and an off-road vehicle cannot be registered or used on a public way.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. None. Off-road vehicles are exempt from Maine title under 29-A MRSA 652(17).
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Franklin County.
To confirm. Franklin County towns have opened short ATV access routes to the trails, Jay by a 2025 vote that waits on MaineDOT and Wilton until it rescinded its policy in January 2026, but Wilton's own policy left trucks out and a kei truck is not an ATV in Maine, so it works private land and stays off every public way.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Jay. On 28 July 2025 the select board voted 5 to 0 to approve an ATV access route on Riley Road and Phipps Canada Road pending MaineDOT approval, the club moving signs from the town's current access route. MaineDOT's decision was not found and the current route is not named in the minutes. Select board minutes, 28 July 2025, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Wilton. The ATV Access Route Policy of 5 April 2022 named Depot Street from the Whistle Stop trailhead to Main Street, Main Street to the downtown memorial with the boat landing by Canal Street, Temple Road from the Temple line to Main Street in East Wilton and Main Street in East Wilton to the trailhead, sunrise to sunset while the trail was open. The select board rescinded the policy on 6 January 2026 on legal advice that a policy could not be enforced. A 2025 town meeting article put route decisions with the voters, and a draft ordinance was before the board in September 2026. Whether the old routes stay open is reported and not settled by any act read. Access Route Policy approved 5 April 2022, rescinded by select board vote 6 January 2026, read 28 October 2026
County roads To confirm
A unanimous commissioners' vote closing Reed's Mills Road to ATVs after complaints was reported, with no date given. No list of county designations was found.
State highways To confirm
- Jay's Riley Road and Phipps Canada Road route awaits MaineDOT, which the board asked to approve it. Jay select board minutes, 28 July 2025, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Franklin County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,300 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,400 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 2,900 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
Franklin County, counted.
Franklin County averages 104 inches of snow a year. Franklin County grows 125 acres of orchards and vineyards. Farms in Franklin County hold 33,538 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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