Can I own one here
Owning one in Teller 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 Teller County.
Some routes. Cripple Creek and Victor open their streets to OHVs, and Teller County opens five short county road links to Forest Service roads.
In town Some
- Open Cripple Creek. All city streets, roads and alleys except the state highway system are OHV routes. The code defines an OHV by C.R.S. 33-14.5-101(3) or 42-6-102(11.5), the title act definition that HB25-1281 extends to the kei off-road vehicle from 1 January 2028. Cripple Creek Municipal Code Chapter 8 Article 5, Ordinance No. 2017-01, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Green Mountain Falls. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Green Mountain Falls Municipal Code, Supplement 1, online 1 September 2023, read 28 October 2026
- Open Victor. Golf cars and OHVs, ATVs included, may run on city streets. Victor Municipal Code Chapter 8 Article 3, Ordinance No. 486 of 14 November 2013 and Ordinance No. 500 of 11 August 2016, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Woodland Park. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Woodland Park Code of Ordinances, Supplement 24, online 11 September 2026, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
Five stretches for trail connectivity: County Road 3 from County Road 51 for 5.6 miles to Forest Service Road 367; County Road 33 from County Road 3 west 1.18 miles to Forest Service Road 360.A; County Road 33 from County Road 51 for 2.43 miles to Forest Service Road 367; County Road 51 from Forest Service Road 363 for 0.85 mile to County Road 3; County Road 78 from Forest Service Road 357 west 0.2 mile to Forest Service Road 340.B. Teller County Ordinance No. 19, adopted 13 April 2017, effective 26 May 2017, read 28 October 2026
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 Teller 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 1,100 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
Teller County, counted.
3 active surface mines and quarries work Teller County's ground. Teller County averages 59 inches of snow a year. Farms in Teller County hold 4,232 acres of woodland.
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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