Can I own one here
Owning one in Garfield 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 Garfield County.
To confirm. Garfield County opens the county roads on its OHV map under an ordinance not read here, and Parachute lets OHVs use its streets only to reach County Roads 215 and 300.
In town Some
- Some Parachute. Local streets by the most direct route to reach trails outside town by County Roads 215 and 300, north of I-70 by way of Parachute Avenue or Parachute Park Boulevard. State highway crossings only once the town has CDOT approval. Parachute Municipal Code Chapter 12.03, Ordinance 699 of 2016 as amended by Ordinance 792 of 2021, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Glenwood Springs. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Carbondale. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm New Castle. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Silt. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Rifle. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Some
County roads shown open on the county OHV route map, never state highways. The county names Ordinance 2016-01 of 13 October 2016 and a proposed Ordinance 2022-2 that would add routes. Neither text was read, only the county's page and maps. Ordinance 2016-01, 13 October 2016, not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- Parachute allows state highway crossings only once the town has CDOT approval for them. Parachute Municipal Code 12.03.112(A)(3), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Garfield County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 900 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
Garfield County, counted.
7 active surface mines and quarries work Garfield County's ground. Farms in Garfield County hold 67,730 acres of woodland. Garfield County averages 40 inches of snow a year.
Areas
The areas Garfield 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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