Can I own one here
Owning one in Blue Earth County.
On your own land, yes
Owning a kei truck and working it on a ranch, a farm, a mine or private property does not depend on a road title. Some states still ask for a title or an off road registration.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. In Minnesota a mini truck drives public roads only under a permit from a county, city or town and only on the roads that government designates.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. None. The mini truck definition reaches any kei truck of 660 cc or less that was not built to federal safety standards, governed or not.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Blue Earth County.
Roads open. Blue Earth County opens the roadway and shoulders of its county roads to ATVs and mini trucks with a sheriff's permit from sunrise to sunset, and St. Clair opens its own streets to them, so a kei truck has county roads here by day while state highways are crossing only.
This rests on Minnesota law. No Blue Earth County ordinance or resolution was read.
In town Some
- Open St. Clair. ATVs, mini trucks and golf carts by city permit on every city street except Highway 83 and County Roads 43, 15 and 28, sunrise to sunset. St. Clair City Code Chapter 77, adoption date blank in the posted copy, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Mankato. The city offers a Utility Vehicle and Mini Truck Application for designated roadways. Which streets was not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
ATVs and mini trucks with a sheriff's permit on the roadway and shoulders of county state-aid highways and county roads from sunrise to sunset on the extreme right and never on the inside slope, ditch bottom or outside slope from 1 April to 1 August unless a trail or sign allows it. The whole county lies in the agricultural zone. Blue Earth County Code Section 18-170, passed 7 August 2012 and amended 25 September 2012. A later amendment in the online code was not checked., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Blue Earth 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 1,600 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
Blue Earth County, counted.
Blue Earth County averages 43 inches of snow a year. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Blue Earth County's ground. Farms in Blue Earth County hold 10,565 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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