Can I own one here
Owning one in Fillmore 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 Fillmore County.
Roads open. Fillmore County opens the right edge and shoulder of every county road to insured ATVs without a permit, and Preston opens its streets to mini trucks by city permit, so a kei truck's road here is Preston's streets until the county names mini trucks.
In town Some
- Open Preston. Golf carts, UTVs, ATVs and mini trucks by city permit on city streets only, not state or federal highways except to cross. Ordinance 300, posted April 2024, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Lanesboro. Chapter 73 posted, not read. not read, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
Recreational ATVs on the extreme right or the right shoulder of every county road, at no more than the posted or statutory speed, with liability insurance, from sunrise to sunset unless fitted with headlights, taillights and brake lights. No county permit. The ordinance does not reach city streets, state highways or farm ATVs, and it does not name mini trucks. Ordinance No. 2021-1214, effective 14 December 2021, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Fillmore County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,300 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,800 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
Fillmore County, counted.
Fillmore County has 1,458 farms and 546 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farms in Fillmore County hold 43,133 acres of woodland. Fillmore County grows 155 acres of orchards and vineyards.
Areas
The areas Fillmore County is part of.
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 30 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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