Can I own one here
Owning one in Herkimer County.
On your own land
On private land closed to public traffic a kei truck needs no registration, because VTL 401(1)(a) requires registration only on public highways and the rules of the road in Title VII reach only highways, private roads open to public motor vehicle traffic and parking lots, VTL 1100(a).
On the farm
New York gives farm vehicles three exits from the registration rules, and none names a kei truck. Whether a farm kei truck fits one is not settled and is a question for the DMV before anyone drives one on a road.
To confirm.
No DMV page applying VTL 125 or 401(13) to a kei truck by name was found. Federal import terms for a truck brought in as off road equipment still apply.
A 25 year truck on the road
Closed to road use. The New York DMV will not title or register a Kei-class vehicle for the road unless it has been brought into full compliance with federal safety and emissions standards.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. None. The DMV does not title Kei-class vehicles without federal compliance proof.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Herkimer County.
Towns only. Herkimer County opens no county road, while Norway, Russia and Salisbury open named town roads to registered ATVs outside the winter months, so a kei truck takes none of them.
This rests on New York law. No Herkimer County ordinance or resolution was read.
In town Some
- Some Norway. Military Road from the Fairfield line to the Russia line except between Dairy Hill Road and Newport Gray Road. Also Hall, Cooper, Guideboard, Gould, Durand, Gage, Lynch, Observatory, Ryan and Sulphur Springs Roads. All are closed to ATVs from 1 December into May. Local Law No. 1 of 2003, filed with the Department of State 28 November 2003, read 28 October 2026
- Some Russia. Military Road from the Cold Brook line to the Newport line, Black Creek Road from Taylor Brook Road to Smith Road, Ash Road and Smith Road to the Ohio line, Hall Road, Lanning Road and Dan Davis Road, closed to ATVs from 1 December to 1 May. Local Law No. 2 of 2006, filed with the Department of State 20 July 2006, read 28 October 2026
- Some Salisbury. Red Mill, Tucker, Military, Hurley Lane, Satterlee, Jerseyfield, North, Mang, Fuller, Irondale, Shaad, Rice and Barnes Roads in the stretches the law lists, toward Corridor Trail 4. Local Law No. 2 of 2002, filed with the Department of State 18 November 2002, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Ohio. The 2015 law opening segments of Harvey Bridge Road and Snyder Road was repealed six months later. Local Law No. 3 of 2015, filed with the Department of State 15 December 2015, repealing Local Law No. 2 of 2015, read 28 October 2026
- Some Frankfort. A resident or guest may leave the village by the most direct route to a designated trail. Other travel on village streets is prohibited, and nonresidents are barred from named parts of Main and Litchfield Streets. Local Law No. 3 of 2005, filed with the Department of State 8 June 2005, read 28 October 2026
County roads Closed
No Herkimer County local law opening a county road to ATVs was found in a full text search of every local law filed with the Department of State since 1998, so VTL 2403(1) keeps county roads closed to ATVs. Laws filed before 1998 and the county legislature's minutes were not read. none found, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Herkimer County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,000 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 2,700 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
Herkimer County, counted.
Herkimer County averages 156 inches of snow a year. 5 active surface mines and quarries work Herkimer County's ground. Herkimer County has 514 farms and 233 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Herkimer 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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