Can I own one here
Owning one in Mineral 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 Mineral County.
Roads open. Mineral County opens all its county roads to registered OHVs with a licensed driver sixteen or older, except inside Creede and where posted.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Creede. The county ordinance leaves the Town of Creede out. A trail group's 2021 list says Creede allows certain roads at 15 mph with a licence and insurance. The town's code was not read.
County roads Open
All county roads and county maintained roads in Mineral County except within the Town of Creede and except roads posted closed to OHVs. Ordinance No. 4, Part 21, adopted on second reading 2 August 2004, read in a signed copy a trail group hosts, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Mineral 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 1,000 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
Mineral County, counted.
Mineral County averages 55 inches of snow a year. Farms in Mineral County hold 4,231 acres of woodland. Mineral County has 37 farms and 9 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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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