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Mini trucks in Valley County, Idaho
In Idaho a kei truck runs in the UTV lane, never on a regular plate.
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Can I own one here
Owning one in Valley 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 with limits, to confirm. Idaho will not register a vehicle its maker did not certify to federal motor vehicle safety standards, so a kei truck takes no ordinary plate. ITD classes a vehicle of that size that is not FMVSS certified as a UTV, which takes a restricted plate for the roads Idaho opens to off-highway vehicles.
A newer governed truck
Utility terrain vehicle. Titled at the county office as a UTV under ITD's measurement chart, which counts a vehicle not FMVSS certified for highway use.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Valley County.
To confirm. McCall's own notice says an OHV on city, county and highway district roads needs a restricted plate, the OHV sticker, a driver's license and insurance, and keeps it off bike paths and sidewalks. Valley County closes six named groomed winter roads to wheeled vehicles.
In town Open
- To confirm Cascade. The city's code was not read in this pass. Idaho Code 49-426(3)(a) leaves a street that is not a state highway open to a licensed off-highway vehicle until the city closes or limits it by ordinance or resolution under 49-426(7).
- To confirm Donnelly. The state's 2023 compilation of local off-highway vehicle ordinances holds only a snowmobile chapter for Donnelly. It names no utility type vehicle, and the city's wider code was not read. Idaho Code 49-426(3)(a) leaves a street that is not a state highway open to a licensed off-highway vehicle until the city closes or limits it under 49-426(7). Donnelly City Code chapter 10.15, Ordinance 45 of 1971, read 28 October 2026
- Open McCall. The city's own notice of 5 May 2025 says a vehicle on city, county and highway district roads needs a valid restricted vehicle license plate, the IDPR OHV registration sticker on it, a driver's license and liability insurance, with a helmet under 18, and that it is illegal to run any motor vehicle including an ATV or OHV on city bike paths, golf cart paths and sidewalks. It names no closed street and no ordinance number. McCall news notice of 5 May 2025; City Code not cited on the notice, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
Open by the state's own default and not yet ruled out as closed. Idaho Code 49-426(3)(a) opens every highway that is not a state or interstate highway to a licensed off-highway vehicle until the governing board closes or limits it under 49-426(7). No ordinance or resolution of the Valley County commissioners closing or limiting county roads was read in this pass, and the county's snowmobile chapter, Ordinance 85-1 as amended by Ordinance 21-02 of 2020, closes six named roads, Warren Wagon, No Business, High Valley (626), Clear Creek, East Side Drive between Warren Wagon and the Brush Creek and Twah Creek road, and the Green Gate, to wheeled vehicles from first grooming until the road superintendent finds them safe or 30 April. A road that belongs to a highway district or a city is that body's to close or limit and not the county's. Idaho Code 49-426(3)(a) and (7); no county closure read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Valley County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 450 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 450 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 450 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
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
Valley County, counted.
Valley County averages 83 inches of snow a year. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Valley County's ground. Farms in Valley County hold 10,777 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 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.
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