Can I own one here
Owning one in Eagle 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 Eagle County.
To confirm. The towns of Eagle and Gypsum let OHVs use their streets only to reach riding areas, and no Eagle County act opening county roads was found.
In town Some
- Some Eagle. All town streets, roads and alleys off the state highway are limited OHV routes, only for travel from the owner's or operator's home or place of storage directly to or from a recreation site that allows OHVs. Eagle Municipal Code 11.09.020, Ordinance No. 16 of 2014, code version of 2 October 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Some Gypsum. Town streets only between home or storage and the named trailheads: Hardscrabble by Spring Creek Road, Gypsum Hills and Dry Lake by Trail Gulch Road and Red Hill by Cottonwood Pass Road, Legend Drive and Highlands Road. No errands. Never on a state highway route, including Highway 6 east of Jules Drive. A 2019 town ordinance, as the town's page states it. The ordinance text was not read., read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Red Cliff. A trail group's list says Red Cliff requires its own sticker. The town's code was not read.
- To confirm Vail. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Avon. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Minturn. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Basalt. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
No Eagle County act opening county roads turned up in a web search. The county's own records were not searched.
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Eagle County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 900 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 1,000 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,100 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
Eagle County, counted.
Eagle County averages 189 inches of snow a year. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Eagle County's ground. Farms in Eagle County hold 17,623 acres of woodland.
Areas
The areas Eagle 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 30 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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