Can I own one here
Owning one in Platte 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. A titled and registered minitruck may drive Nebraska roads except the interstate system, expressways and freeways, always with its headlights and taillights on.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. A truck governed to 25 mph does not have the top speed of approximately 55 mph the minitruck definition calls for. It fits the utility-type vehicle definition only if it runs on nonhighway tires.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Platte County.
To confirm. Nebraska law keeps the county roads of Platte County closed to all-terrain and utility-type vehicles except for farm work, and a county board cannot open them. Two witnesses told a legislative committee in 2025 that Columbus lets these machines use its streets, and no ordinance was read. A titled minitruck, which is the class a kei truck falls in, may use any road but the interstate, expressways and freeways.
In town Some
- Some Columbus. A dealer told the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee on 28 January 2025 that Columbus already has a law that lets these vehicles be driven on its streets, and a rider from Washington County told the committee on 4 March 2025 that in Columbus 'you can drive it in town'. The ordinance text was not read. City ordinance not read; committee testimony of 28 January and 4 March 2025, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Humphrey. The city's or village's own code was not read. Nebraska keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles unless the city or village authorizes them by ordinance, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2)(b) and (7). A titled minitruck needs no ordinance.
- To confirm Duncan. The city's or village's own code was not read. Nebraska keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles unless the city or village authorizes them by ordinance, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2)(b) and (7). A titled minitruck needs no ordinance.
- To confirm Platte Center. The city's or village's own code was not read. Nebraska keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles unless the city or village authorizes them by ordinance, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2)(b) and (7). A titled minitruck needs no ordinance.
- To confirm Monroe. The city's or village's own code was not read. Nebraska keeps its streets closed to all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles unless the city or village authorizes them by ordinance, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2)(b) and (7). A titled minitruck needs no ordinance.
County roads Closed
Closed to all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles except incidental to agricultural use, in daylight at 30 mph or less with a Class O licence or farm permit, insurance, lights on and a safety flag, Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2)(a) and (3). A county board cannot open a county road. Its one power is a resolution authorizing operation inside an unincorporated village, 60-6,356(2)(c) and (8). No such resolution of Platte County was read. A titled minitruck may use any county road, 60-6,379. Neb. Rev. Stat. 60-6,356(2), (3) and (8). No county act read., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Platte County.
The road hub, then the nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- Houston, the road hub for Texas and the central states, about 1,000 road miles. Port Houston lists no direct sailing from Japan.
- 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 Los Angeles, about 1,500 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
Platte County, counted.
Platte County has 902 farms and 257 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farms in Platte County hold 1,008 acres of woodland. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Platte County's ground.
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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