Can I own one here
Owning one in Lyon 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 unclear, to confirm. Nevada has no kei truck law. The DMV's title guide lists the documents to register and title a gray market vehicle with a Non-US Vehicle brand, while DMV compliance staff told a state advisory committee in April 2025 that kei vehicles should not be registered.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Nevada titles and registers off-highway vehicles through the DMV. NRS 490.060 counts any motor vehicle used on public lands for recreation as an off-highway vehicle.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Lyon County.
Roads open. Lyon County passes no OHV act, so state law opens its unpaved county roads to registered OHVs and its general and minor county roads to registered and insured large all-terrain vehicles, while Fernley and Yerington open no street and state highways are crossing only.
In town Closed
- Closed Fernley. No street is opened to OHVs. Title 30 was read in full and never mentions OHVs, so OHVs may only cross. Fernley Municipal Code Title 30, Municode version of 27 July 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Yerington. No street is opened to OHVs. Title 6 has no OHV chapter and Chapters 1, 4, 9, 10 and 13 were searched in full without an OHV word, so OHVs may only cross. Yerington City Code Title 6, current through Ordinance 2023-08 of 11 December 2023 and Resolution 2024-01, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
No county act opens or closes a road to OHVs, so state law governs. NRS 490.090(3) lets a registered OHV use any public land, trail, way or unpaved county road unless the county prohibits it, and NRS 490.105 lets a large all-terrain vehicle registered under NRS 490.0825 with insurance and the lamps of NRS 490.120 use every general and minor county road unless the county closes it by ordinance or resolution. Paved main county roads stay closed except to cross. Titles 7, 8 and 9 of the county code were searched in full without an OHV word and no ordinance is pending codification. NRS 490.090 and 490.105, no county act, Lyon County Code current through Ordinance 647 of 20 August 2026, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- No segment opened. No NDOT approval of any OHV segment in this county was found. NRS 490.090 and 490.100, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Lyon County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Oakland, about 250 road miles.
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 450 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 700 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
Lyon County, counted.
12 active surface mines and quarries work Lyon County's ground. Lyon County has 280 farms and 85 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Lyon County is mostly urban, with 45 percent of its people 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.
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