Can I own one here
Owning one in Elbert 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 Elbert County.
Towns only. Simla opens designated slow streets to golf cars and OHVs, and no county road was found open.
In town Some
- Closed Elizabeth. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Elizabeth Municipal Code, Supplement 21, online 24 September 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Kiowa. The code as published, current to 2017, opens no street to OHVs. Kiowa Municipal Code, Supplement 15, online 29 September 2017, read 28 October 2026
- Some Simla. Golf cars and OHVs may run only on designated town roadways posted 25 mph or less, on maps the police department gives at registration. US 24 is not a town roadway. The code names crosswalks at Cheyenne, Sioux and Pueblo Avenues. Simla Municipal Code Title 5 Chapter 4, Ordinance 304 of 14 September 2016 and Ordinance 344 of 8 April 2025, read 28 October 2026
County roads Closed
No county act opening a county road to OHVs was found, so county roads stay closed under C.R.S. 33-14.5-108 except for farm use and crossings. Elbert County's own code was not read.
State highways Crossings only
- No segment is open to travel along. Crossing only, under the statewide crossing rule. C.R.S. 33-14.5-108.5; no CDOT Transportation Commission resolution names a state highway in this county, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Elbert 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 1,200 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
Elbert County, counted.
Elbert County has 1,714 farms and 737 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farms in Elbert County hold 9,081 acres of woodland. Elbert County averages 49 inches of snow a year.
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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