Can I own one here
Owning one in Grand 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. Utah registers kei class trucks as novel vehicles and a novel vehicle equipped to the street-legal standard may run on Utah roads at up to 50 miles per hour, never on an interstate.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Registered as a novel vehicle, which Utah governs under its off-highway vehicle chapter. The division may issue a title.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Grand County.
To confirm. Grand County's code names no county road for OHVs and Moab's code has no OHV route, so only street-legal vehicles are sure of the road here.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Castle Valley. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Moab. A search of the Moab Municipal Code for off-highway, all-terrain and OHV returns nothing, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to OHVs. Street-legal ATVs and street-legal novel vehicles may use them under state law. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
County roads To confirm
A search of the Grand County code on eCode360 for off-highway and OHV returns nothing. The county set OHV speed limits on county B roads in Ordinance 616 of 2020 and later repealed it, which implies OHVs use county roads under some other designation that was not found. none read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Grand County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 700 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,000 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
Grand County, counted.
1 active surface mine or quarry works Grand County's ground. Grand County has 78 farms and 33 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Grand County is mostly urban, with 18 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.
News for Utah Utah adds gray market title brands on 1 January 2027
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