Can I own one here
Owning one in Hill 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
Open to road use. Montana's Motor Vehicle Division titles and registers Japanese mini-trucks as unconventional light vehicles. Once the owner certifies its street equipment, a kei truck registers as a passenger car or truck with ordinary plates.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Titled and registered as an OHV through the county treasurer. The title manual lets a mini-truck owner choose OHV instead of street-legal.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Hill County.
To confirm. No resolution or ordinance opening Hill County roads or town streets to off-highway vehicles was read in this pass. A kei truck titled and registered street-legal drives them all, and one kept as an OHV has public lands, trails and the crossings of MCA 23-2-821.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Havre. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Hingham. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
No resolution or order of the Hill County commissioners on off-highway vehicles was read in this pass. Under MCA 23-2-824(2) the board of county commissioners may authorize off-highway vehicle travel on county roads inside a municipality's boundaries, and no section of the part names a county road outside a municipality. Part of the county lies within the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, where tribal and federal road authority applies on tribal and BIA roads, and a tribal rule on off-highway vehicles was not looked for. not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Hill County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Everett, about 700 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 700 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 700 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
Hill County, counted.
Farms in Hill County hold 25,781 acres of woodland. Hill County averages 30 inches of snow a year. Hill County has 701 farms and 130 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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