Can I own one here
Owning one in Marion 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
Closed to road use. Oregon does not register kei trucks for the road. The DMV says kei class vehicles cannot be titled or registered because they were not built for US highways. The 2025 and 2026 bills to change that ended in committee.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. The DMV titles ATVs. A governed road-built truck falls in Oregon's Class II ATV definition when operated off highway, because Class IV requires a vehicle originally manufactured for off-road use only.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Marion County.
To confirm. Detroit opens its streets to Class I and Class IV ATVs, low speed vehicles and golf carts under a city permit with OR 22 crossing only, no Marion County road was found open and a kei truck is neither one of the ATV classes the town admits nor a low speed vehicle Oregon will register.
In town Some
- Open Detroit. Every street other than state highways and two lane gravel roads is open to Class I and Class IV ATVs, low speed vehicles and golf carts under a city permit. OR 22 is closed except to cross at Forest Avenue, and nothing without headlights and taillights may run from dusk to dawn. Read in Ordinance 271. Ordinance 278 of 2026 amends it and adds motorized scooters, and its text could not be opened. Ordinance 271, passed 13 December 2022 with second reading 10 January 2023, amended by Ordinance 276 and Ordinance 278. 278 not read., read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Aumsville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Aurora. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Donald. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Gates. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Gervais. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Hubbard. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Idanha. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Jefferson. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Keizer. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Mill City. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Mount Angel. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm St. Paul. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Salem. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Scotts Mills. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Silverton. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Stayton. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Sublimity. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Turner. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Woodburn. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
No county ordinance or order opening county roads to ATVs turned up in the State Parks list of counties with ATV roads, a statewide search or a search by county name. The county code and board orders were not read one by one.
State highways Crossings only
- OR 22 through Detroit is crossing only, at Forest Avenue. Detroit Ordinance 271 Section 4 with ORS 821.200(1), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Marion County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 200 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 200 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 250 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
Marion County, counted.
Marion County grows 23,321 acres of orchards and vineyards. 13 active surface mines and quarries work Marion County's ground. Marion County has 2,477 farms and 675 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Marion County is part of.
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.
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