Can I own one here
Owning one in Utah 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 Utah County.
Towns only. Utah County's code opens no county road to OHVs, Elk Ridge and Santaquin open their streets and Highland names Kei trucks among the side by sides that may run its streets once street legal.
In town Open
- Closed Alpine. The town's code was searched for off-highway, off highway and all-terrain on Municipal Code Online and designates no street for OHVs, so Utah Code 41-22-10.5(5) keeps its streets closed to them. A street-legal ATV or street-legal novel vehicle may still use them under 41-6a-1509. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- Closed American Fork. No street is opened to OHVs. Every city street is open to street-legal type I and type II ATVs except streets with more than one lane each way, among them State Street, Pioneer Crossing, North County Boulevard, 100 East, parts of 500 East, 900 West and Main Street. American Fork Municipal Code 10.04.120, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Cedar Fort. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Cedar Hills. The code opens streets to street-legal ATVs only and designates none for other OHVs. Cedar Hills City Code 5-2-6, read by heading only, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Eagle Mountain. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Open Elk Ridge. Every public street is designated for OHV use, for any purpose. Elk Ridge City Code 6-2-3, Ordinance 08-16 effective 31 December 2008, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Fairfield. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Genola. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Goshen. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Highland. No street is opened to OHVs. Every public street is open to street-legal type I and type II ATVs, and the code describes type II as side by side vehicles also known as mini trucks, Kei trucks or side by sides, which must meet every state requirement to be driven on Highland streets. Highland City Code 10.08.080, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Lehi. The code's only rule on these vehicles governs street-legal ATVs and designates no street for other OHVs. Lehi City Code 7-2-6, read by heading only, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Lindon. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Mapleton. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Orem. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Payson. The town's code was searched for off-highway, off highway and all-terrain on Municipal Code Online and designates no street for OHVs, so Utah Code 41-22-10.5(5) keeps its streets closed to them. A street-legal ATV or street-legal novel vehicle may still use them under 41-6a-1509. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Pleasant Grove. The code borrows state OHV rules on public land and trespass and designates no street. Pleasant Grove City Code Chapter 6-8, Ordinance 2003-14 of 19 August 2003, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Provo. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Salem. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Open Santaquin. OHV use is allowed on public streets other than state and federal highways for a licensed driver. An OHV that is not street legal keeps to 15 mph on the outside edge of the asphalt and stays off the streets between sunset and sunrise. Santaquin City Code 6.08.020, last amended by Ordinance 11-01-2021 of 16 November 2021, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Saratoga Springs. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Spanish Fork. The code's section 10.04.015 governs street-legal ATVs only and no street is designated for other OHVs. Spanish Fork Municipal Code 10.04.015, not opened, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Springville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Vineyard. The town's code was searched for off-highway, off highway and all-terrain on Municipal Code Online and designates no street for OHVs, so Utah Code 41-22-10.5(5) keeps its streets closed to them. A street-legal ATV or street-legal novel vehicle may still use them under 41-6a-1509. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Woodland Hills. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Closed
The county code adopts the state OHV act and a search for OHV returns nothing else, so no county road is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps county roads closed to OHVs. Designation by sign or map under 41-22-10.1 was not looked for. Utah County Code 8.07.010, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Utah 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 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
Utah County, counted.
19 active surface mines and quarries work Utah County's ground. Utah County has 2,322 farms and 855 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Utah County grows 5,226 acres of orchards and vineyards.
Areas
The areas Utah 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.
News for Utah Utah adds gray market title brands on 1 January 2027
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