Can I own one here
Owning one in San Juan 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 San Juan County.
To confirm. San Juan County opens only the county roads its commissioners name by resolution, Silverton has kept OHVs off its streets since its October 2021 vote and the current route resolution was not read.
In town Closed
- Closed Silverton. Closed to OHVs, ATVs and unlicensed dirt bikes since town voters said no on 12 October 2021. There is no way through town between County Road 2 and County Road 110. Ordinance 2021-09 with Resolution 2022-07, as the town's own OHV page states. The ordinance text was not read., read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Only roads the commissioners designate by resolution. The county names Resolution 2022-02 as the current list and says County Roads 2 and 20 come closest to town on the northeast and County Road 110 stops at Hancock Gulch, about 1.5 miles above town, by a vote of 12 April 2022. The resolution itself was not found. Ordinance 2017-02, 10 May 2017, read. Resolution 2022-02 not read., read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to San Juan 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
San Juan County, counted.
San Juan County averages 173 inches of snow a year. 100 percent of San Juan County's people live outside urban areas.
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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