Can I own one here
Owning one in Washington 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 Washington County.
To confirm. Akron appears to allow ATVs and UTVs on town streets by a newer ordinance that could not be read, and no Washington County road was found open.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Akron. The codified code on American Legal opens town streets to golf cars only, off CO 63 and US 34. The town's former website carried Ordinance 600 on golf car, ATV and UTV operations with a matching permit form. Search excerpts show they add ATVs and UTVs inside town limits. Both files now redirect to the new town site and Ordinance 600 was not read. Akron Ordinance 600, not read; Akron Code Title 7 Chapter 4, Ordinance 519 of 3 November 2014, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Otis. No code published online was found, so the town's own code was not read.
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. Washington County's own records were 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 Washington County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,100 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
Washington County, counted.
Washington County has 709 farms and 212 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Washington County averages 33 inches of snow a year. 100 percent of Washington 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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