Can I own one here
Owning one in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County.
Roads open. Clearwater County opens every gravel and paved county road to mini trucks with a yearly sheriff's permit, an inspection, a licensed driver and insurance, in daylight on the right edge, so a kei truck has county roads here while Bagley and the other towns were not read.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
Every gravel and paved county state-aid highway and county road is open by permit to mini trucks under the mini truck ordinance and to class 1 ATVs under a separate ATV permit ordinance, both on the extreme right of the road. The ATV ordinance honours permits from other jurisdictions. Mini truck ordinance of 2010 and the Clearwater County ordinance for class I ATVs in the right-of-way, both posted undated, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Clearwater County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Everett, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,500 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
Clearwater County, counted.
Farms in Clearwater County hold 29,057 acres of woodland. Clearwater County has 404 farms and 196 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Clearwater County averages 52 inches of snow a year.
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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