Can I own one here
Owning one in Washington 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 Washington County.
Some routes. Washington County opened its roads in the unorganized territories to ATV access in 2013 and Lubec has voted to follow on conditions, but 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 Lubec. On 18 June 2025 the select board voted 3 to 2 to open certain town roads to ATVs once the club produces a map of connections landowners have agreed to, toward Boot Cove Road and Maple Tree Drive, with Route 189 crossing only. Whether the map came in was not found. Select board vote of 18 June 2025, as reported, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
The commissioners voted unanimously to open the roads in the unorganized territories that lie in county jurisdiction to ATV access, as shown on a map of those roads, amended to work with the ATV clubs to settle which roads serve the trails. The map was not read and no later act was searched. Commissioners' minutes, 5 September 2013, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Washington County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,400 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 3,100 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
Washington County, counted.
Washington County averages 86 inches of snow a year. Farms in Washington County hold 70,294 acres of woodland. Washington County has 341 farms and 22 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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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