Can I own one here
Owning one in Gila County.
On your own land, yes
Owning a kei truck and working it on a ranch, a farm, a mine or private property does not depend on a road title. Some states still ask for a title or an off road registration.
A 25 year truck on the road
Open to road use. Arizona titles a foreign-made vehicle 25 years or more from its manufacture date without the federal safety and emissions conversion certificate it asks of newer imports. The truck passes an MVD inspection and an Arizona emissions inspection before title and then registers like any other vehicle.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. No Arizona off-highway class names a governed work truck. The decal reaches only vehicles the maker designed primarily for unimproved terrain. A foreign-made vehicle under 25 years old titles only with a registered importer's certification, A.A.C. R17-4-206(B).
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Gila County.
Roads open. Gila County passes no OHV act, so state law decides its county roads, where a street legal OHV drives like any registered vehicle and a decal OHV may be on a road only incidentally. ADOT calls ATV use of state highway shoulders illegal and names SR 188 in the Tonto Basin, and town streets are still to confirm.
This rests on Arizona law. No Gila County ordinance or resolution was read.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Globe. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Hayden. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Miami. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Payson. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Star Valley. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Winkelman. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Open
No county act opens or closes a road to OHVs. The county's own list of adopted ordinances was read in full and covers animal control, the building code, clean and lien, emergency management, environmental health, food service, grading and drainage, hearing officer rules, minor land division, motor vehicle removal during snow removal, open outdoor fire, right of way, street naming, wildlife feeding, vacation rentals and zoning. The zoning ordinance, last revised 15 March 2022, was not read. State law decides the county roads. A street legal OHV drives them like any registered vehicle and a decal OHV may be on a road only incidentally, though it may use an unpaved dirt road in an unincorporated area that no state, city, town or county maintains, A.R.S. 28-2153(D)(9). A.R.S. 28-2153 and 28-3151, no county OHV act, Gila County ordinance list read 28 October 2026, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- ADOT states that ATV use of the shoulders of state highways is illegal and names SR 188 in the Tonto Basin as a place the problem is worse. ADOT news release, 23 August 2021, read 28 October 2026
- No ADOT resolution or page opening a stretch of state highway to decal or title only OHVs was found in this county. A.R.S. 28-2153(D)(11) and 28-627(A)(13), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Gila County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 500 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,300 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
Gila County, counted.
8 active surface mines and quarries work Gila County's ground. Gila County is mostly urban, with 44 percent of its people outside urban areas. Gila County has 191 farms and 97 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Gila 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 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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