Kei trucks in Arizona title at 25 years and work ranches at any age

Read from Arizona's own statutes and motor vehicle office.

Arizona titles a kei truck 25 years or older without the federal conversion certificate it asks of newer imports, after an MVD inspection and an Arizona emissions inspection, and then registers it like any other vehicle. A newer truck imported as governed off-road equipment works ranches, farms, mines and private land, and work use off the highway needs no OHV decal.

Open to road useNewer trucks, private land onlyFrom Port of Los Angeles

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Which truck are you buying?

Arizona treats the two kinds of kei truck differently. Pick yours and this answers for it.

a truck 25 years or older imported for road use under the federal age exemptions

Open to road use

Title. MVD title under A.A.C. R17-4-206 with the federal conversion certificate waived at 25 years from manufacture.

Registration. Ordinary Arizona registration once titled.

25 years or more from the manufacture date. A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(2)
An MVD inspection and an Arizona emissions inspection certificate before title. A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(c) and (d)

The rule for a 25 year truckapps.azsos.gov, read 28 October 2026

What about a truck 25 years or older?

It titles under Arizona's rule for foreign-made vehicles with the conversion certificate waived, after an MVD inspection and an emissions inspection, and registers as an ordinary vehicle.

a newer truck imported as off road equipment, governed to 25 miles per hour and carrying an EPA certified nonroad engine

Private land only

Where it can run

Ranches, farms, mines, job sites and private land.

Title. No Arizona off-highway class names a governed work truck. The decal reaches only vehicles the maker designed primarily for unimproved terrain. A foreign-made vehicle under 25 years old titles only with a registered importer's certification, A.A.C. R17-4-206(B).

Registration. None for use off highway exclusively for agricultural, ranching, construction, mining, mining exploration or building trade purposes.

An off-highway vehicle in operation needs brakes adequate to stop and hold it, lighted headlights and taillights from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a muffler holding sound to 96 decibels or less and a USDA approved spark arrestor. A.R.S. 28-1179
The operating limits do not bar normal agricultural or ranching practices by a landowner or lessee on their land.
Federal law admits this truck as nonroad equipment governed to 25 miles per hour, never as a road vehicle.

The rule for a newer off road truckazleg.gov, read 28 October 2026

Read from a secondary source or an older page. Confirm it with the office before you rely on it.

A newer truck comes in only as nonroad equipment, permanently governed to a top speed and with a nonroad engine certified by EPA before import. It pays the same 25 percent truck duty. What that engine needs.

What about a newer truck imported as off-road equipment?

It works ranches, farms, mines, job sites and private land. Off-highway use exclusively for agriculture, ranching, construction, mining or the building trades needs no OHV decal. Arizona titles a foreign-made vehicle under 25 years old only with a registered importer's certification.

Owning one

Owning one in Arizona.

For a 25 year road truck. The first title step by step, the papers, every fee the statute sets, tax, insurance, emissions and the rest. Each line carries its cite, read 28 October 2026.

The first title

To confirm

An ADOT Motor Vehicle Division office, or an authorized third party office, which the director may authorize for title and registration under A.R.S. 28-5101(A)(1). The physical inspection is an MVD inspection. Level II and Level III inspections are done only at ADOT Enforcement and Compliance Division inspection locations, by appointment.

Confirm the truck is 25 years or more from its manufacture date, the age at which A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(2) waives the federal conversion certificate, and keep proof of that date.
Keep every stamped paper from the port, CBP Form 7501, DOT Form HS-7 declared under Box 1 and EPA Form 3520-1 declared under code E, with the bill of lading and the bill of sale.
Keep the Japanese export certificate and an English translation. A.R.S. 28-2052(A) asks the owner of a vehicle registered in another country to surrender the evidence of foreign registration and satisfactory evidence of ownership.
Insure the truck before it moves on a road, A.R.S. 28-4135(A). To drive it unregistered to the inspections, take a one trip registration permit, valid up to three days for an emissions inspection, an MVD inspection, a repair or the title office, A.R.S. 28-2155, which also needs insurance, 28-2155(C).
Pass an Arizona emissions inspection at an ADEQ official station and keep the certificate, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(d). ADOT asks that a required test be done before the office visit.
Have MVD inspect the truck and complete the Vehicle Verification Form, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(c). ADOT's inspection page sends some out of country vehicles without title or registration to a Level I inspection at an MVD office, and a Level II at an inspection location follows when a secondary number must be verified, A.R.S. 28-2011.
Complete Form 96-0236, the Title and Registration Application, and state on it that the truck is a foreign vehicle, as A.R.S. 28-2051(B)(9) asks. Apply within 15 days after the purchase or transfer, 28-2051(A).
Pay the title fee, the registration fee, the vehicle license tax, the air quality fee and any use tax. MVD issues one license plate, for the rear.

The inspection. MVD inspects the truck once, before title, and records it on the Vehicle Verification Form, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(c). Under A.R.S. 28-2011(A) a level one inspection matches the public VIN and a secondary VIN to the ownership documents, a level two adds the confidential VIN and a level three adds the numbers on component parts and whether the vehicle is properly equipped for highway use. Level two costs $20 and level three $50, 28-2011(B). ADOT's Level I form has a box for a matched US federal VIN label, which a Japanese market truck does not carry. Which level MVD gives a gray market truck is not written in any rule or ADOT page found. ADOT's own answer for out of country vehicles is that requirements vary and to contact MVD.

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The papers

Tick them off as you gather them. Nothing here is sent.

Form 96-0236, Title and Registration Application, revision R03/26, as A.A.C. R17-4-203 and R17-4-206(A)(1)(b) require
The Vehicle Verification Form from the MVD physical inspection, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(c). ADOT's Level I Vehicle Inspection form is 48-4503
The ADEQ certificate that the truck passed an Arizona emissions inspection under A.R.S. 49-542, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(d)
A valid titling document, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(a). For a Japanese truck that is the export certificate with its English translation, the evidence of foreign registration that A.R.S. 28-2052(A) has the owner surrender
The federal entry papers, CBP Form 7501 entry summary, DOT Form HS-7 declared under Box 1 and EPA Form 3520-1 declared under code E
The bill of sale, which also sets the use tax and any credit for tax paid to another state
Proof of the manufacture date, since the age exemption in A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(2) runs from it
The owner's driver licence number, or the federal employer identification number for a company, which Form 96-0236 asks for
Form 48-5108, Special Serial Number Application, only if MVD decides the truck needs an Arizona assigned number

The frame numberArizona's statutes title a vehicle under its serial number, A.R.S...To confirm

Arizona's statutes title a vehicle under its serial number, A.R.S. 28-2051(B)(5), and assign a special number only when the maker's number is altered, removed, obliterated, defaced, omitted or otherwise missing, 28-2165(A). ADOT's Special Serial Number Application, Form 48-5108, lists those conditions and adds factory error and homemade. A Japanese frame number such as DA63T-123456 is the maker's number and is none of these, so the statute reads as titling the truck under its frame number. If MVD decides otherwise, the number is assigned through a Level II inspection at an ADOT inspection location, $20 for the inspection plus $5 for the Arizona assigned number, and an ADOT agent fixes the serial plate, which becomes the lawful identification number, 28-2165(D) and 28-2003(A)(13). Form 96-0236 has carried 17 separate VIN boxes since its 17 October 2024 revision, a check against errors. No ADOT rule or page found says which path a kei truck takes.

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Fees set by statuteTitle $4Registration $8

The state's own amounts, as its code read on 28 October 2026. The first figure in each line is the one that applies at title.

Fee	Amount	What the statute says
Title	$4	$4 for each certificate of title. A.R.S. 28-2003(A)(1), read 28 October 2026.
Registration	$8	$8 registration fee, A.R.S. 28-2003(A)(3), plus the vehicle license tax each year under A.R.S. 28-5801(B). In the first twelve months of the vehicle's life, as set by its initial registration, the value is 60 percent of the manufacturer's base retail price and the rate is $2.80 for each $100 of value. In each later twelve months the value is 16.25 percent less than the year before and the rate is $2.89 for each $100. The tax is never less than $10 a year, 28-5801(B)(3). Read 28 October 2026.
Plates	see note	A.R.S. 28-2003 sets no separate fee for the standard plate, and ADOT's own fee estimator lists only the vehicle license tax, the $8 registration fee, the $4 title fee and the $1.50 air quality fee. ADOT charges postage to mail a plate or a tab. An identification plate bearing an Arizona assigned number is $5, 28-2003(A)(13). Read 28 October 2026.
Air quality fee	$1.50	Air quality fee, $1.50 a year on every motor vehicle registered in Arizona, A.R.S. 49-551(A). ADOT names it the Air Quality Research Fee and collects $3 for two years and $7.50 for five. Read 28 October 2026.
Air quality compliance fee	$0.25	Air quality compliance fee, $0.25, collected with the compliance sticker on a vehicle that meets the emissions rules or is exempt, A.R.S. 49-542(E). ADOT's manual for dealer title clerks charges it in Areas A and B and for commuters into them. Read 28 October 2026.
Level II inspection	$20	Level II inspection $20 and Level III inspection $50, A.R.S. 28-2011(B). ADOT adds $5 when an Arizona assigned number is issued. The statute sets no Level I fee. Read 28 October 2026.
One trip registration permit	$1	One trip registration permit, $1, A.R.S. 28-2003(A)(11) and 28-2155. Read 28 October 2026.
Special ninety day resident registration	see note	Special ninety day resident registration, $15, for a resident whose documents are not complete but whose ownership MVD accepts, A.R.S. 28-2003(A)(10) and 28-2154(D). Read 28 October 2026.
Temporary general use registration	$15	Temporary general use registration, $15, for up to thirty days, A.R.S. 28-2003(A)(12) and 28-2156. Read 28 October 2026.
Late penalty	$8	Late penalty, $8 for the first month and $4 for each further month up to $100, A.R.S. 28-2162(A). A vehicle not titled within thirty days after it is acquired pays the same, 28-2162(E). Read 28 October 2026.
Business use	see note	Business use. A pickup rated three quarter ton or less owes no weight fee unless it runs more than 1,000 hours a year in a business, and a truck titled to a business owes it unless the application certifies otherwise, A.R.S. 28-5432(B)(1). When owed, a $4 commercial registration fee and a $7.50 gross weight fee up to 8,000 pounds, 28-5433(A). A farm vehicle plate, $25 at first and $8 to renew, 28-2514(B), halves the weight fee, 28-5433(B). Read 28 October 2026.
OHV decal	see note	OHV decal. The fee is set by the ADOT director under A.R.S. 28-1177(B), not by statute, and ADOT lists it at $25 a year. A kei truck titled for the road does not owe it. Read 28 October 2026.
Emissions inspection fee	see note	Emissions inspection fee. Set by the ADEQ director under A.R.S. 49-543(A), not by statute. Read 28 October 2026.
An authorized third party office may add its own service fee to the statutory fees	see note	An authorized third party office may add its own service fee to the statutory fees, A.R.S. 28-5101(E). Read 28 October 2026.
Vehicle license tax base for a truck with no US price	see note	Vehicle license tax base for a truck with no US price. ADOT's manual for dealer title clerks, last updated 15 April 2026, lists the sources a clerk may use for the factory list price, which it also calls the manufacturer base retail price, among them pricing guides, factory or manufacturer invoices, conversion invoices, the maker's website and a quote from a local dealership, with the suggested retail price where the base price cannot be found. The purchase price is a last resort for a manufacturer's certificate of origin only, and otherwise the clerk asks a supervisor. It names no method for a vehicle sold only abroad. Form 96-0236 has a List Price box. Not confirmed for a kei truck. Read 28 October 2026.

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Tax at title5.6 percent state rate at title

Arizona levies use tax on a vehicle bought from a retailer outside Arizona, abroad included, and MVD collects it at title or registration and processes neither until it is paid, A.R.S. 42-5155(A) and 28-2056(A). The state rate is 5.6 percent of the sales price, the 5 percent retail rate in 42-5010(A)(1)(l) applied through 42-5155(C) plus 0.6 percent through 30 June 2041 under 42-5155(E). The use tax of the owner's city is added. There is no county use tax. Sales or excise tax paid to another US state is credited against it, 42-5159(A)(2). Tax paid in a foreign country is not, and an individual buying abroad for personal use deducts $200, 42-5159(A)(10). A truck bought from an Arizona dealer carries the dealer's transaction privilege tax instead, and a casual sale between private parties is not taxed. The yearly tax on the truck after that is the vehicle license tax in fees, imposed by article IX, section 11 of the Arizona Constitution, 28-5801(A). Read 28 October 2026.

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Insurance25/50/15 minimum

The minimums. $25,000 for bodily injury to or death of one person, $50,000 for two or more persons and $15,000 for property damage in any one accident, 25/50/15, for a policy issued or renewed on or after 1 July 2020. A.R.S. 28-4009(A)(2)(b), read 28 October 2026. The old 15/30/10 limits remain only for policies issued or renewed on or before 30 June 2020 and for self insurers, 28-4009(A)(2)(a).

When it is required. Any motor vehicle operated on a highway, A.R.S. 28-4135(A), so it covers every titled and registered kei truck. It also covers a truck moved on a one trip permit or a temporary registration, 28-2155(C) and 28-2156(C). ADOT's OHV decal form marks insurance for the primarily on highway and primarily off highway uses and not for exclusively off highway use. A truck that never leaves private land, or works off highway only on a farm or ranch, meets no statutory insurance duty.

Arizona requires liability insurance from a company authorized to do business in Arizona on every motor vehicle driven on its roads, and the driver carries proof in the vehicle or on a phone, A.R.S. 28-4135(B). Insurers report policies to MVD electronically, and ADOT says a registration is not valid until the insurer has reported an active Arizona policy. A truck in storage may be de-insured by notice to MVD. Driving without coverage carries a civil penalty of at least $500 and a suspension on the first violation, 28-4135(E)(1).

What the insurer will ask. The policy must describe each vehicle it covers and state its complete vehicle identification number, A.R.S. 28-4009(A)(1) and (C)(1). For a kei truck that is the number on the Arizona title, the frame number or an Arizona assigned number, written exactly. Because the insurer reports the policy to MVD by that number, the policy and the title must match character for character, or the registration will not show as insured. Insure the truck under its frame number for the trips to the inspections, and have the policy changed if MVD puts a different number on the title.

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EmissionsTested in named areasA 25 year kei truck registered in Area A or..To confirm

Maricopa County, the part inside Area A, the Phoenix area, by township and range in A.R.S. 49-541(1)(a)
Pinal County, the part inside Area A, A.R.S. 49-541(1)(b)
Yavapai County, the part inside Area A, A.R.S. 49-541(1)(c)
Pima County, the part inside Area B, the Tucson area, excluding the Coronado National Forest and Saguaro National Park, A.R.S. 49-541(2)
Any vehicle registered elsewhere in Arizona but driven to the driver's principal place of work in Area A or Area B, A.R.S. 49-542(A)
No periodic test in Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Santa Cruz or Yuma counties. Another county joins only when ADEQ approves its board of supervisors' application, A.R.S. 49-542(A)

A kei truck. A 25 year kei truck registered in Area A or Area B is tested. Testing follows the owner's permanent residence, A.A.C. R18-2-1003(A)(1). The age exemption reaches only a vehicle of the 1966 model year or older, A.R.S. 49-542(J)(2)(a) and R18-2-1003(B)(1), so a 25 year truck is not exempt by age. In Area A a 1981 or later gasoline truck of 8,500 pounds GVWR or less tests every two years and a 1975 to 1980 truck every year, R18-2-1006(B)(2). In Area B the rule tests every model year every year until EPA approves a revision, after which only OBD certified vehicles move to every two years, R18-2-1006(B)(3). A truck kept as a collectible vehicle, at least fifteen years old, used only infrequently for shows or a collection, insured under a collectible policy that limits its use and backed by another vehicle for personal use, is exempt, 49-542(Z). Separately, title of any foreign-made vehicle needs an ADEQ certificate that it passed an Arizona emissions inspection, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(d), and the rule writes that requirement without an area limit.

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Safety inspectionArizona runs no periodic safety inspection

Arizona runs no periodic safety inspection. ADOT's inspections under A.R.S. 28-2011 are identity checks that match vehicle identification numbers to ownership documents. A foreign-made truck is inspected once, by MVD before title, and the result is recorded on the Vehicle Verification Form, A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(1)(c). Only a level three inspection, which ADOT requires for restored salvage, recovered stolen and collision vehicles, also checks that the vehicle is properly equipped for highway use, 28-2011(A)(3). No emissions test is performed during a Level II or Level III inspection.

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Licence, equipment and renewalClass D driver licence, valid for a single motor vehicle of 26,000..

The licence

Class D driver licence, valid for a single motor vehicle of 26,000 pounds GVWR or less, A.R.S. 28-3101(A)(4), or Class G, the graduated licence for the same vehicles, 28-3101(A)(5). No endorsement is needed for a kei truck.

On the road

Lighted lamps from sunset to sunrise and whenever persons and vehicles are not clearly discernible at 500 feet, A.R.S. 28-922
At least two head lamps, one on each side of the front, mounted 22 to 54 inches high, A.R.S. 28-924
At least one tail lamp on the rear showing red at 500 feet, mounted 15 to 72 inches high, with a white lamp lighting the rear plate, A.R.S. 28-925
A stop lamp meeting 28-939 to drive on a highway, A.R.S. 28-927(B), and turn signal lamps or a signal device where the article requires them, 28-939(A)(2)
Brakes adequate to control, stop and hold the vehicle, with two separate means of applying them that each act on at least two wheels, A.R.S. 28-952(A)(1)
A horn in good working order audible at 200 feet, A.R.S. 28-954(A)
A muffler in good working order and in constant operation with no cutout or bypass and an engine adjusted to prevent excessive fumes or smoke, A.R.S. 28-955
Two mirrors showing the highway 200 feet to the rear when the build or the load blocks the driver's rear view, A.R.S. 28-956
A windshield wiper operated by the driver and kept in good working order, A.R.S. 28-957
No metal stud, cleat or spike beyond the tread except tire chains when needed and studded tires from 1 October to 1 May, A.R.S. 28-958
Safety glass in all doors, windows and windshields of a truck's driver's compartment, A.R.S. 28-959(B)
A fuel tank cap of noncombustible material, A.R.S. 28-965
No vehicle on a highway in an unsafe condition that endangers a person, A.R.S. 28-921(A)(1)(a)

Plates and renewal

One license plate for each registered vehicle, displayed on the rear at least 12 inches from the ground, A.R.S. 28-2351(A) and 28-2354. Registrations are staggered by month, 28-2159(A). A vehicle not subject to annual emissions testing may be registered for one, two or five years, 28-2159(E), and ADOT bars five years to any vehicle that needs a one or two year emissions test, so a truck in Area A renews for one or two years, a truck in Area B for one and most trucks outside both areas may take five. Renewal is online, by phone, by mail or at an MVD or authorized third party office. The late penalty is $8 then $4 a month up to $100, 28-2162(A).

The off highway decalNot for a kei truck titled for the road

The decal. Not for a kei truck titled for the road. The decal under A.R.S. 28-1177(A) reaches only a vehicle the maker designed primarily for travel over unimproved terrain with an unladen weight of 2,500 pounds or less, and a kei truck's maker built it as a road truck. ADOT's decal application, Form 96-0572, has the owner of an on highway OHV certify that the vehicle was originally manufactured for off-highway use, and 28-1177(C) closes the street legal OHV route to a vehicle that as produced met the highway equipment rules. A vehicle used off highway exclusively for agricultural, ranching, construction, mining, mining exploration or building trade purposes needs no decal, 28-1177(G). The fee is set by the ADOT director, 28-1177(B), and ADOT lists it at $25 a year.

The course. Laws 2024, chapter 240 (SB 1567), section 6, a session law that is not in the codified statutes. From and after 31 December 2024 a person must complete the off-highway vehicle safety education course certified by the Arizona Game and Fish Department before ADOT may issue a resident or nonresident OHV user indicia under A.R.S. 28-1177. The course is tied to the decal and to nothing else, so it does not apply to a kei truck titled for the road or to a truck used only for farm, ranch, mining or building trade work. The section repeals itself after 31 May 2027. ADOT's page says the course is due before OHV registrations or renewals between 1 January 2025 and 1 June 2027, wider words than the law, which ties it to the decal. The law governs.

A 25 year kei truck titled under A.A.C. R17-4-206 is an ordinary motor vehicle in Arizona, not an off-highway vehicle, and needs neither the decal nor the course. A newer truck imported as governed off-road equipment does not meet the decal's design test either, and its work use off the highway is exempt from the decal. On a ranch or farm the OHV operating limits do not bar a landowner's or lessee's normal agricultural or ranching practices, 28-1174(H).

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Questions

Is a kei truck street legal in Arizona?

Yes, once it is 25 years or more from its manufacture date and titled and registered. Arizona titles it as a foreign-made vehicle after an MVD inspection and an Arizona emissions inspection, and registers it like any other truck with one plate on the rear. It is an ordinary motor vehicle, not an off-highway vehicle. A newer truck imported as governed off-road equipment titles only with a registered importer's certification and works farms, ranches, job sites and private land.

Do I need the OHV decal?

No, not for a kei truck titled for the road. Arizona's decal reaches only a vehicle the maker designed primarily for unimproved terrain, and a kei truck was built as a road truck. A truck used off highway only for farm, ranch, construction, mining or building trade work needs no decal either.

Do I need the OHV safety course?

No. The course Arizona began requiring on 1 January 2025 is a condition of buying the OHV decal and nothing else. A kei truck titled for the road or kept for ranch work needs no decal, so it needs no course. The requirement ends after 31 May 2027.

What does the MVD need to title an imported kei truck?

Form 96-0236, the Title and Registration Application, the Vehicle Verification Form from an MVD inspection, an ADEQ certificate that the truck passed an Arizona emissions inspection and a valid titling document, which for a Japanese truck is the export certificate with a translation. Bring the stamped entry papers, CBP Form 7501, DOT Form HS-7 and EPA Form 3520-1, with the bill of sale and proof of the manufacture date. The MVD inspection happens once, at title. Arizona has no periodic safety inspection.

My truck has a frame number, not a 17 character VIN. Can Arizona title it?

Arizona's statutes title a vehicle under its maker's serial number and assign a state number only when that number is altered, removed, defaced or missing, so a Japanese frame number reads as the number for the title. If MVD decides otherwise, an Arizona number is assigned through a Level II inspection for $20 plus $5. Whichever number the title carries is the number your insurance policy must carry.

Does a kei truck need an emissions test in Arizona?

Arizona's titling rule asks for an ADEQ emissions certificate before title of any foreign-made vehicle and names no area limit. After that, periodic testing applies where the truck is registered or driven to work in Area A, parts of Maricopa, Pinal and Yavapai counties around Phoenix, or Area B, part of Pima County around Tucson. A 1981 or later truck tests every two years in Area A and every year in Area B. Only 1966 and older model years are exempt by age.

What does it cost to title and register a kei truck in Arizona?

The statutes set a $4 title fee, an $8 registration fee and a $1.50 air quality fee, plus the vehicle license tax, which starts from 60 percent of the base retail price, falls 16.25 percent a year and is never less than $10. MVD also collects use tax at title on a truck bought from a seller in business outside Arizona, 5.6 percent state plus your city's rate, with credit for tax paid to another US state but none for tax paid abroad. A Level II inspection is $20 and a one trip permit to reach the inspections is $1.

What insurance does a kei truck need in Arizona?

Liability of at least $25,000 for one person's injury, $50,000 for two or more and $15,000 for property, from a company authorized in Arizona, on any truck driven on a road. The policy must carry the truck's full identification number exactly as the title shows it, because the insurer reports it to MVD and the registration is not valid until it does. A truck that stays on private land or works only off highway on a farm or ranch has no statutory insurance duty.

The official pages

Who decides here

The office and the rule.

This is the office that titles and registers a kei truck in Arizona, and the text it works from.

The deciding office

ADOT Motor Vehicle Division

602 255 0072

A.A.C. R17-4-206(A)(2): A foreign-manufactured vehicle imported to the United States is exempt from subsection (A)(1)(e) if it is 25 years or more from its manufacture date. Subsection (A)(1)(e) is a certificate of conformity documenting that the vehicle was converted to meet all applicable FMVSS and EPA standards. Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 4695 (December 26, 2025), effective February 1, 2026.

The office pageazdot.gov, read 28 October 2026

County by county

The rules in detail.

Where a newer off road truck or a UTV can run in Arizona, county by county, as each county's and town's own acts read. Open a county for its towns, roads and sources, or go to its own page.

Find a county

Statewide

A 25 year kei truck is a titled road vehicle in Arizona and uses public roads like any truck, so these routes matter for the newer governed truck and for the UTV competition. A governed kei truck cannot carry the Arizona OHV decal on the words of the statute and so takes no decal class OHV route. A.R.S. 28-1177(A) asks for a vehicle the maker designed primarily for travel over unimproved terrain at 2,500 pounds or less, A.R.S. 28-1171(6) defines an off-highway vehicle by design for recreational nonhighway all-terrain travel, and a kei truck's maker built it for roads. The street legal route in 28-1177(C) is only a registration option for a decal holder and does not make a road truck an OHV. The governed truck works as a vehicle used off highway exclusively for agricultural, ranching, construction, mining, mining exploration or building trade purposes, which 28-1177(G) leaves out of the decal, and on private land, where the OHV article does not reach, 28-1172 and 28-1178(A)(2). No Arizona act or agency page names a kei truck, and whether Game and Fish or the Motor Vehicle Division would issue a decal to a governed one is the one question to put to them. For a UTV there are two kinds of plate. A decal OHV, which carries a title only plate, may use roads, trails and areas a land manager opens, may be on a highway only incidentally and may use an unpaved dirt road in an unincorporated area that no state, city, town or county maintains, A.R.S. 28-2153(D). A UTV with highway registration, the street legal MC plate under 28-1177(C) and 28-2153(A), drives county roads and town streets like any registered vehicle with a driver licence under 28-3151(C) and insurance, unless a county or town closes a street. Counties and towns may designate routes for OHVs to reach riding areas, 28-627(A)(13), and the Phoenix area bars riding off roads on unpaved land by A.R.S. 9-500.27, 49-457.03 and Maricopa County Ordinance P-28.

A.R.S. 28-1171, 28-1177, 28-2153, 28-3151 and 28-627(A)(13)azleg.gov, read 28 October 2026

Apache CountyTo confirmApache County posts no OHV act of its own in the directory of ordinances it copied in July 2020, so state law decides its county roads, where a street legal OHV drives like any registered vehicle and a decal OHV may be on a road only incidentally. Much of the county is tribal land the state OHV article does not reach, and town streets and any newer act are still to confirm.

In town To confirm

To confirm Eagar. The town's code was not read in this pass.
To confirm Springerville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
To confirm St. Johns. The town's code was not read in this pass.

County roads Open

No county act opens or closes a road to OHVs in the county's published directory of documents, the list A.R.S. 11-1607 asks every county to keep. It names the zoning, subdivision, Greer zoning, off-premises sign, justice court fund, outdoor fire, fireworks, pawn, predatory animal, trash and weeds and wind tower ordinances and a maintained roads inventory. State law decides the county roads. A street legal OHV drives them like any registered vehicle and a decal OHV may be on a road only incidentally. Tribal land inside the county is outside the state OHV article, A.R.S. 28-1172. The copy read is dated 20 July 2020, so a newer act is possible. A.R.S. 28-2153 and 28-3151, no county OHV act, Apache County directory of documents as copied by the Internet Archive on 20 July 2020, read 28 October 2026

State highways Crossings only

No ADOT resolution or page opening a stretch of state highway to decal or title only OHVs was found in this county. A.R.S. 28-2153(D)(11) and 28-627(A)(13), read 28 October 2026

A.R.S. 28-2153(A): highway registration, the street legal MC plate, to operate on a highway. A decal or title only OHV may be on a highway only incidentally, 28-2153(D)(11)A.R.S. 28-3151(C): a valid driver licence to drive an off-highway vehicle anywhere in the stateA.R.S. 28-4135(A) and 28-4009(A)(2)(b): liability insurance of at least 25/50/15 on a vehicle operated on a highwayA.R.S. 28-1177(A) and (B): the OHV user indicia, the decal, for a vehicle the maker designed primarily for travel over unimproved terrain at 2,500 pounds or less when it is used on public or state landA.R.S. 28-1179(A): brakes, lamps from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise, a muffler holding sound to 96 decibels and a USDA approved spark arrestorA.R.S. 28-1179(B): a DOT rated helmet for anyone under eighteen on public or state land unless a child sits in a restraint in a vehicle with rollover protectionA.R.S. 28-1174(B): travel only on roads, trails, routes and areas that a federal agency, the state, a county or a municipality has opened

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