Can I own one here
Owning one in Uintah 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 Uintah County.
Roads open. Uintah County opens nearly every county road to OHVs below 45 mph, Ballard opens all its streets and Vernal opens its streets off the highways for trips to riding areas.
In town Open
- Open Ballard. Every street in the city is a permissible OHV route. A driver sixteen or older needs a valid licence and a younger driver needs a licensed adult in direct sight. Ballard Municipal Code 10.06.020, renumbered by Ordinance 20160719-002 of 19 July 2016, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Naples. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Some Vernal. Every public street in the city except Highway 40, Highway 191 and Highway 121 is open for limited OHV use, meaning travel to or from an area open to OHVs, and only for OHVs insured to the state minimums. Vernal City Code 9.60.110, Ordinance 2020-15 of 2 December 2020, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
Every class B county road is open to OHVs and street-legal ATVs except Chepeta Grove Road, Glen Bench Loop, Old Bonanza Highway, Red Wash Highway, Randlett Highway, Seep Ridge Road, Stanton Road, Whiterocks Highway, three streets in the Air Village Hills Subdivision and any county road posted 45 mph or more. Every class D road is open. The chapter does not reach state highways. Uintah County Code Chapter 10.44, Ordinance No. 06-18-2012, O1, adopted 9 July 2012, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- Vernal's code keeps OHVs off Highway 40, Highway 191 and Highway 121 inside the city. Vernal City Code 9.60.110, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Uintah County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 800 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
Uintah County, counted.
Uintah County has 1,023 farms and 522 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Uintah County averages 24 inches of snow a year. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Uintah County's ground.
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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