Will your kei truck actually be street legal — before you buy it?
Federal 25-year import clearance doesn't mean your state will title it. Get a state-specific report on titling status, required documents, and step-by-step process.
Currently covering Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington. More states added weekly.
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Free samples with the full decision depth — verdict, traps, and sources. The $49 report adds your vehicle and a clerk packet for your county visit.
A real, actionable playbook: authority stack, county VIN quirks, and the paperwork traps that actually stop a sale.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA second go-state: 25+ year gray-market titling under AAC R17-4-206(A)(2) — what the exemption actually waives, and what it doesn't.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA restricted playbook: you can title and plate it, but §316.2122 caps you to roads posted 35 mph or less.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA restricted playbook: Class I OHV registration is the real path, and "medium-speed" is a FMVSS 500 trap that fails stock kei.
Last verified 2026-09-21 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA definition-trap playbook: the mini-truck plate's governor/weight rule fails most stock kei — the 25-year title path is the one to check first.
Last verified 2026-09-21 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA don't-buy brief: why the state cancels plates on sight, and every loophole sellers pitch (and why each one fails).
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA don't-buy brief: two DMV pages, one VTL citation, and the residency trap that turns an out-of-state title into a countdown.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA don't-buy brief: the FMVSS + CARB wall blocks stock kei trucks on-highway and off, and every workaround fails.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA restricted playbook: the Mini Trucks procedure titles it as an ATV with a motorcycle plate and no interstate — not truck plates.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportA call-before-buy brief: Customs-cleared ordinary titling is the real path — NEV/MEV and WATV forms don't cover a gasoline kei.
Last verified 2026-10-11 · sources cited in report
View sample reportFederal clearance ≠ state plates
Getting a kei truck through U.S. Customs, DOT, and EPA import rules is the easy part — that's a federal 25-year age exemption, not a promise from your state. Whether your state's DMV will actually title and plate it is a separate question, and sellers, auctions, and forums conflate the two constantly. We keep them separate and tell you which one you're actually solving.
What's in the $49 report
- 1Your vehicle and intended use stamped on the report — year, make, model, use
- 2The same decision research as the free sample — verdict, traps, sources — personalized to you
- 3Clerk packet — what to say on the county call, VIN/appointment sequencing, insurance notes
- 4Escalation printouts — authority excerpts and denial follow-up sheets where the research supports them
- 5A private report link you can bookmark and reopen any time
- 6A clean print / Save-as-PDF layout straight from the report page
- 7An email with your report link right after checkout
Primary sources only
Every status is backed by DMV bulletins, statutes, or official guidance — with links and a last-verified date, not a forum consensus.
Last-verified, every time
Each report shows exactly when the underlying law or bulletin was last checked, so you know how fresh the answer is.
We don't guess
If a state's rule is unclear or unresearched, we say “verify with DMV” or “not yet covered.” We never invent a status.