Can I own one here
Owning one in Umatilla 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 Umatilla County.
Some routes. Umatilla County opens its gravel roads and its paved roads posted 40 mph or less east of OR 11 and US 395 and south of OR 74 to wheeled ATVs by day, and its own Class II definition drops the state's off highway test, so whether a kei truck counts there is a question for the county.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Adams. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Athena. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Echo. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Helix. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Hermiston. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Milton-Freewater. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Pendleton. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Pilot Rock. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Stanfield. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Ukiah. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Umatilla. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Weston. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Some
Two lane gravel county roads, paved county roads posted 40 mph or less and other county roads the county designates, east of OR 11, east of US 395 from Pendleton to Nye Junction and south of OR 74. Roads of any other agency and roads on the Umatilla Indian Reservation are left out. The county's map, revision 3 of 17 June 2026, lists forty three designated roads, among them Albee, Bear Creek, Camas Creek, Gurdane, Log Springs, Mckay Creek, Rocky Ridge, Ross, Weather, Basket Mountain, Birch Creek, Blue Mountain Station, Cottonwood Creek, Government Mountain, Kinnear and Lincton Mountain roads. A burn ban may close them. Umatilla County Code Chapter 72, County Road ATV Use, Ordinance 2025-08, passed 17 December 2025, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- OR 11, US 395 and OR 74 bound the area the ordinance opens and are crossing only. Umatilla County Code 72.01(B) and ORS 821.200(1), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Umatilla County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 250 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 250 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 300 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
Umatilla County, counted.
Farms in Umatilla County hold 214,782 acres of woodland. Umatilla County grows 3,918 acres of orchards and vineyards. Umatilla County has 1,616 farms and 593 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Umatilla 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 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.
Contact
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