Can I own one here
Owning one in Clear Creek 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
Road use opens later. Colorado made kei vehicles a legal road class in 2025 and title and registration open on 1 January 2028.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. From 1 January 2028 Colorado names it a kei off-road vehicle, an off-highway vehicle under the Certificate of Title Act, titled at the county motor vehicle office.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Clear Creek County.
To confirm. Empire opens its streets to permitted OHVs at 10 mph and keeps them off Main Street and off county roads, and no Clear Creek County act opening roads was found.
In town Some
- Some Empire. All town rights of way are OHV routes except North Main and South Main, South Bard Creek Road, which may only be crossed. US 40 may be crossed only at intersections other than Main. No county roads outside town. Only for normal transportation to a specific destination by the most direct route, never from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Ordinance 231 as amended, read in a 2020 copy that passed first reading on 21 July 2020 with its adoption date blank, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Idaho Springs. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Georgetown. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Silver Plume. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
A search of the county's site finds OHV park planning but no act opening county roads. Empire's ordinance says OHVs are not permitted on county roads outside town. not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- Empire allows OHVs to cross US 40 only at intersections and not at Main Street. Empire Ordinance 231 as amended, Section 4(9), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Clear Creek County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,000 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 1,100 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,200 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
Clear Creek County, counted.
Clear Creek County averages 130 inches of snow a year. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Clear Creek County's ground. Farms in Clear Creek County hold 6,485 acres of woodland.
Areas
The areas Clear Creek 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.
News for Colorado Colorado's kei vehicle class, and the two dates that matter
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