Can I own one here
Owning one in Iron County.
On your own land
The three statutes govern highways and streams. They do not reach private land, where Missouri sets no registration for a utility vehicle or a recreational off-highway vehicle, and the Department of Revenue titles and registers only ATVs.
On the farm
RSMo 304.013(1)(2), 304.032(1)(2) and 304.033(1)(2) let an ATV, a utility vehicle and a recreational off-highway vehicle use a highway for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes. An ATV and a utility vehicle do so between sunrise and sunset, and a utility vehicle may also run at night with proper lighting. The driver needs a valid licence and a utility vehicle stays under 45 mph, 304.032(3). Whether a kei truck counts as one of those vehicles is the open question.
A 25 year truck on the road
Open to road use. Missouri law writes a title class, the Non-USA-Std motor vehicle, for a vehicle not originally made to US safety or emissions standards. The Department of Revenue titles and registers an import declared under Box 1 of Form HS-7, the federal 25 year lane, after a Highway Patrol examination.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. Turns on the HS-7 box the importer declares. Missouri refuses Boxes 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13. NHTSA has called Box 8 the declaration for a vehicle not manufactured primarily for use on the public roads, and Missouri's page neither refuses Box 8 nor lists papers for it.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Iron County.
Roads open. Iron County's commission grants a special permit for any ROHV, UTV, ATV or motorized bicycle on all of its county roads, sold by the clerk for up to five years at a time, and the permit order is undated.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Ironton. The city's own code was not read.
- To confirm Viburnum. The city's own code was not read.
County roads Open
All county roads within Iron County, by a special permit for each ROHV, UTV, ATV or motorized bicycle. The permit form carries the commission's own order granting operation on all county roads within the county, and the application names county roads and forestry roads. The county clerk sells permits for up to five years at a time. Iron County Commission permit order printed on the clerk's ROHV, UTV, ATV and Motorized Bicycle permit application, undated, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Iron County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 800 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 900 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,900 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
A newer off road truck never lands in California. It comes in through Tacoma or by way of Houston.
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
Iron County, counted.
3 active surface mines and quarries work Iron County's ground. Farms in Iron County hold 36,497 acres of woodland. Iron County has 273 farms and 159 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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