Can I own one here
Owning one in Preble County.
On your own land
Current law gives a mini-truck no general right to run on private land outside the farm and dealer exceptions. R.C. 4519.401(A) bars operation of a mini-truck in Ohio except as 4519.401 and 4511.215 allow. House Bill 199 of the 136th General Assembly would let any person run one on private property. It was referred to the House Transportation Committee in March 2025 and no later action showed.
On the farm
R.C. 4519.401(B) lets a mini-truck be operated on a farm for agricultural purposes when the owner qualifies for the current agricultural use valuation tax credit, and on public roads by or for that owner only when travelling from one farm field to another.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. Ohio lets a mini-truck on public roads only where the city, village, township or county has authorized it by ordinance or resolution, on streets posted 35 mph or less, after a local law enforcement inspection and with an Ohio title and registration.
A newer governed truck
Farm use. BMV 3722 affidavit marked MT and an Ohio title for ownership. Ohio law does not require the title.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Preble County.
To confirm. No act of Preble County, its townships or its municipalities opening roads to mini-trucks, utility vehicles or all-purpose vehicles was looked for or read, so the routes are to be confirmed.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads To confirm
No resolution of the Preble County commissioners authorizing mini-trucks, utility vehicles or all-purpose vehicles on county roads under R.C. 4511.215 or 4519.41(B) was looked for, and no county, township or municipal code in Preble County was read.
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Preble County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 700 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 2,300 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
Preble County, counted.
Preble County has 1,044 farms and 294 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 3 active surface mines and quarries work Preble County's ground. Preble County grows 122 acres of orchards and vineyards.
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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