Can I own one here
Owning one in Maricopa 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
Open to road use. Arizona titles a foreign-made vehicle 25 years or more from its manufacture date without the federal safety and emissions conversion certificate it asks of newer imports. The truck passes an MVD inspection and an Arizona emissions inspection before title and then registers like any other vehicle.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. 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).
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Maricopa County.
Roads open. Maricopa County opens its roads to street legal OHVs like any vehicle and Ordinance P-28 keeps every vehicle on a road or highway on unpaved land in the unincorporated area unless it has lawful authority, while recreational riding off roads is barred on high pollution advisory days and county parks are closed to OHVs. City and town streets are still to confirm.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Avondale. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Buckeye. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Carefree. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Cave Creek. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Chandler. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm El Mirage. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Fountain Hills. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Gila Bend. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Gilbert. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Glendale. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Goodyear. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Guadalupe. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Litchfield Park. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Mesa. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Paradise Valley. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Peoria. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Phoenix. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Queen Creek. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Scottsdale. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Surprise. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Tempe. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Tolleson. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Wickenburg. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Youngtown. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Open
Public roads in unincorporated Maricopa County are open to street legal OHVs like any registered vehicle. Ordinance P-28 keeps every vehicle on a road or highway on unpaved public or private property in the unincorporated area unless it has lawful authority, shown by a sign, a posted rule, travel plan or map of the land manager or by the owner's written consent, and it counts designated trail systems and service roads as roads. The ordinance is an air quality act and does not close a road. The county's list of active ordinances was read and also carries P-27 on parking and use on unstabilized vacant lots and P-23 on noise. Recreational OHV riding off roads is barred on high pollution advisory days under A.R.S. 49-457.03, and no OHV is allowed at any county park. Maricopa County Ordinance P-28, adopted 20 February 2008 and revised 12 January 2011, with A.R.S. 49-457.03 and 28-2153, 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
Getting one here
From Japan to Maricopa County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 450 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 800 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,300 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
Maricopa County, counted.
37 active surface mines and quarries work Maricopa County's ground. Maricopa County is mostly urban, with 2 percent of its people outside urban areas. Maricopa County has 1,527 farms and 293 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Maricopa 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.
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