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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Didn't the 25-year rule allow registration for street-legal usage too? As a waiver to enable collectors to drive some overseas-spec classic, somewhat just like the 30-year rule which applies in Brazil or in Australia for instance, or the 15-year rule in Canada.
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In the USA vehicle imports are handled by the Federal government. A vehicle that is 25 years or older can be imported into the USA without proof that it complies with US regulations. However, if you don't prove it complies you get an off-highway use importation. So you can get a non-compliant vehicle into the USA if it is more than 25 years old. That doesn't mean you can register it for the road.
Vehicle registration is handled by the states in the United States so there are 50 different sets of rules. Some states allow off-highway vehicles to be registered and used on the road. (Even brand new UTVs) Others do not.
In the last few years several states have stopped issuing or renewing registrations for vehicles that were imported under the 25 year rule unless they have proper documentation that shows they were imported as road legal vehicles. Those include Maine, Rhonde Island, New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.