Toyota will soon launch a kei pickup truck in the US, but can you drive it in your state?

A brand-new kei truck, produced by Toyota's long-defunct Scion brand, is set to enter the United States market. The truck will be a right-hand-drive utility vehicle that comes with a relatively tiny size and a top speed of 25 mph, just fast enough to be road legal in the US. We know you are excited, but a kei truck is not permitted on roads in all 50 states. According to information collated by the logistics firm West Coast Shipping, three states register a 25-year-old kei truck with no special road limit, 13 register it with certain restrictions, and six do not register it. The states for which an official source could not be found have not been listed.

State	Status	What the rules say
Alabama	Road limits	No interstates; the legal definition requires a 25 mph governor
Alaska	No kei rule	DMV issues a standard title and registration to legal imports 25 years or older
Arkansas	Road limits	Registers; no interstates, controlled-access roads or roads posted above 55 mph
California	No kei rule	Direct imports must prove EPA and CARB emissions compliance
Colorado	Road limits	HB25-1281: roads posted 55 mph or less, no limited-access highways; applications from Jan 1, 2028
Connecticut	No kei rule	Imports register after a DMV safety inspection and emissions report
Delaware	No kei rule	Conformity proof is required only for imports under 25 model years
Florida	Road limits	Mini trucks register but run only on streets posted 35 mph or less
Georgia	No registration	Kei vehicles are barred from titling and registration
Hawaii	No kei rule	Inspection rules let uncertified imports 25 years or older pass without FMVSS-only equipment
Idaho	No kei rule	Gray-market imports 25 years or older are titled with an FMVSS-exempt brand
Indiana	Road limits	Mini-truck title and plate; no interstates
Iowa	No kei rule	No mini-truck law in force; HF 2075 (2026) stalled in committee
Kansas	Road limits	No interstate, federal or state highways except to cross; city streets only if the city allows
Kentucky	Local permit	Registers as a street-legal special purpose vehicle after inspection, motorcycle plate; only where a city or county ordinance allows it, no interstates, parkways or federal-aid highways, 20 miles max on centerline roads
Louisiana	Road limits	Off-road decal; state highways posted 55 mph or less, no interstates or divided highways
Maine	No registration	Vehicles not built to FMVSS count as off-road vehicles, which may not be registered
Massachusetts	Registers	RMV resumed kei titles and registrations in September 2024, passenger or commercial plate
Minnesota	Local permit	Only on roads a county, city or town designates, under a local permit
Mississippi	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision in the DOR titling rules
Missouri	No kei rule	Non-US-standard vehicles need a Highway Patrol VIN inspection before titling
Montana	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision in MCA Title 61 or MVD guidance
Nebraska	Road limits	Minitrucks register; no interstates, expressways or freeways, lights on
Nevada	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision; AB 217 (2015) died in committee
New Jersey	No kei rule	Foreign vehicles are titled through the MVC central office before registration
New Mexico	No kei rule	Imports register after they show federal conformity or exemption and CBP release
New York	No registration	DMV will not title or register a kei-class vehicle without FMVSS and EPA proof
North Carolina	Road limits	Registered and insured; roads posted 55 mph or less, crossings allowed
North Dakota	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision in N.D.C.C. or the NDDOT registration manual
Ohio	Local permit	Streets only where a local authority allows it, which may cap roads at 35 mph
Oklahoma	Registers	Service Oklahoma titles and registers mini trucks; road limits not confirmed
Oregon	No registration	DMV will not title or register kei vehicles for road use
Pennsylvania	No registration	No unrestricted registration unless grandfathered (Dec 1, 2021 letter); off-road, farm or antique only
Rhode Island	No registration	New kei registrations refused; pre-June 2024 trucks renew, roads posted 35 mph or less
South Carolina	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision in the registration chapter
Tennessee	No kei rule	No law names kei trucks; the medium speed vehicle class runs on streets posted 40 mph or less
Texas	Registers	SB 1816: registered miniature vehicles use public highways with no special road limit
Utah	No kei rule	No mini-truck law; as a novel vehicle, no interstates and a 50 mph cap
Vermont	Registers	Kei vehicles register as pleasure cars, kei trucks as farm trucks, from July 1, 2026
Virginia	No kei rule	No enacted kei law; HB219 (2026) carried over to the next session
Washington	No kei rule	No mini-truck provision in RCW
West Virginia	Road limits	Special purpose vehicle; no federal-aid highways, 20 miles max on marked highways