Can I own one here
Owning one in San Juan 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 San Juan County.
Some routes. San Juan County opens the county roads on its OHV road map to OHVs and to DMV inspected and licensed vehicles alike, and Monticello opens every street but US 191 and US 491.
In town Open
- To confirm Blanding. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Bluff. A Municode search for OHV terms returned one hit outside the traffic title and nothing designates a street. The hit was not opened. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- Open Monticello. Every city street except US 191 and US 491 is open to OHVs, apart from 200 West between 200 South and 400 North. The two highways may be crossed at designated intersections other than Main and Center. Monticello City Code 6-2-3, Ordinance 2009-14 as amended by Ordinance 2025-03 of 8 July 2025, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
The county opens the class B and class D roads shown on its Off-Highway Vehicle Road Map, kept by the commission and the county IT department. The map was not read, so the roads are not listed here. San Juan County Code Chapter 71, Ordinance 2012-1 passed 6 August 2012, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- Monticello's code keeps OHVs off US 191 and US 491 except to cross at designated intersections other than Main and Center. Monticello City Code 6-2-3, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to San Juan County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 600 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,100 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
San Juan County, counted.
Farms in San Juan County hold 36,073 acres of woodland. San Juan County averages 25 inches of snow a year. San Juan County has 760 farms and 258 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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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