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Mini trucks in Torrance County, New Mexico

Kei trucks in New Mexico earn their keep on farms, ranches and private land.

Road use unclearPrivate land onlyAbout 800 road miles from the Port of Los Angeles
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Torrance CountyNew Mexico

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Torrance County, New Mexico
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Can I own one here

Owning one in Torrance 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. New Mexico has no kei truck law. The MVD's written procedure for a vehicle built for sale abroad asks for conformity to federal safety and emission standards and a NHTSA bond release letter, and it has no lane for a vehicle imported at 25 years under the federal age exemption.

A newer governed truck

Private land only. The two statutory OHV definitions disagree on a governed work truck, so no OHV title path is settled.

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Roads and towns

Roads and towns in Torrance County.

Towns only. Torrance County has no act opening paved county roads, while Estancia opens its streets to side by sides and ATVs by day and state highways stay crossing only.

In town Some

  • Open Estancia. All town streets are open to OHVs and ATVs except between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. State highways are closed except to cross at a town street. Ordinance No. 02-2021, certified as adopted in December 2021, read 28 October 2026
  • To confirm Moriarty. No online code or OHV act was found for the town in this pass, so whether it opens a street is not known.
  • To confirm Encino. No online code or OHV act was found for the town in this pass, so whether it opens a street is not known.
  • To confirm Mountainair. No online code or OHV act was found for the town in this pass, so whether it opens a street is not known.
  • To confirm Willard. No online code or OHV act was found for the town in this pass, so whether it opens a street is not known.

County roads Some

No county act opens paved county roads, so they stay closed to OHVs, NMSA 66-3-1011(A). The Act closes only paved streets and highways, so a registered OHV is not barred from an unpaved county road the county has not closed. none. The Department of Wildlife register of paved road acts, kept under 18.15.3.15 NMAC, lists no act for the county, read 28 October 2026

State highways Closed

Closed to OHVs.

Getting one here

From Japan to Torrance 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 1,100 road miles.
  • The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,500 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

Torrance County, counted.

Farms in Torrance County hold 71,676 acres of woodland. 4 active surface mines and quarries work Torrance County's ground. Torrance County has 577 farms and 362 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.

577farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 2026362cattle operationsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 20261,692,413acres of land in farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 202616acres of orchards, vineyards includedUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 2026220operations with horsesUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 202671,676acres of woodland on farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 20264active surface mines and quarriesMine Safety and Health Administrationread 28 October 202621.6inches of snow a year, the station meanNOAA National Centers for Environmental Informationread 28 October 2026100percent of people outside urban areasUS Census Bureauread 28 October 202615,045people in 2020US Census Bureauread 28 October 2026

Areas

The areas Torrance County is part of.

Hunting and land management

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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