Can I own one here
Owning one in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County.
To confirm. Sanpete County's own code was not found, while Ephraim, Gunnison, Manti, Mayfield and Spring City open their streets to OHVs, most of them keeping OHVs to crossings on the state highways through town.
In town Open
- To confirm Centerfield. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Open Ephraim. A licensed driver may take an OHV on city streets to go from one place to another except Main Street, Center Street and 100 North, which are state roads and may only be crossed. OHVs keep to 15 mph at the far right of the lane. Ephraim City Code 6.08.040, Ordinance 08-02 of 17 September 2008, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Fairview. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Fayette. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Fountain Green. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Open Gunnison. Every city street is open for general OHV use at 20 mph. The code notes that Main Street is US 89 and SR 28 and 600 South is SR 137, which are not the city's to open. Gunnison City Code 6.20.060.6, Ordinance 2004-7 as amended by Ordinance 2015-3 of 4 February 2015, read 28 October 2026
- Open Manti. ATVs may use every city street except Main Street, which they may cross only at intersections, at 25 mph. Manti City Code 10.08.020, amended by Ordinance 08-05-21-1 of 21 May 2008, read 28 October 2026
- Open Mayfield. Every town street is an approved OHV route. OHVs stay off road shoulders and out of ditches. Mayfield Town Code 10.04.030, Ordinances 2008-09-2 and 2008-09-3, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Moroni. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Mount Pleasant. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Open Spring City. Every roadway is open to OHVs except Main Street from 100 North to 300 North and from Center Street to the south boundary. The code says SR 117 is open only to OHVs that meet the requirements for highway operation. OHVs keep to 15 mph. Spring City Code 6-2-4, Ordinance 2009-02 effective 29 April 2009, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Sterling. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Wales. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
The Sanpete County code was not found online in this pass, on Municode, American Legal, Municipal Code Online, Code Publishing or eCode360, so whether it opens county roads to OHVs is unknown.
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Sanpete 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 700 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 900 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
Sanpete County, counted.
Sanpete County averages 60 inches of snow a year. Sanpete County has 941 farms and 372 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Sanpete County's ground.
Areas
The areas Sanpete 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.
News for Utah Utah adds gray market title brands on 1 January 2027
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