Can I own one here
Owning one in Custer 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 opens later. Colorado made kei vehicles a legal road class in 2025 and title and registration open on 1 January 2028.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. From 1 January 2028 Colorado names it a kei off-road vehicle, an off-highway vehicle under the Certificate of Title Act, titled at the county motor vehicle office.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Custer County.
To confirm. Westcliffe and Silver Cliff open their streets to OHVs and the county's own OHV ordinance, which may open county roads, could not be read.
In town Open
- Open Silver Cliff. OHVs may run on the town's public streets. SH 96 is not a town street. Silver Cliff Municipal Code Title 8 Chapter 2, Ordinance No. 06-2015 of 5 October 2015, read 28 October 2026
- Open Westcliffe. OHVs and golf cars may run on the town's streets. SH 69 and SH 96 are closed to them except to cross at recognized intersections with local streets. Westcliffe Code Title 9 Chapter 3, as amended by Ordinance 2-2011 of 10 May 2011, read 28 October 2026
County roads To confirm
The county lists Ordinance 15-01, its Off-Highway Vehicle Ordinance, regulating OHVs in the county, but posts no text. Its roads may be open and the ordinance was not read. Custer County Ordinance 15-01, not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- No segment is open to travel along. Crossing only, under the statewide crossing rule. C.R.S. 33-14.5-108.5; no CDOT Transportation Commission resolution names a state highway in this county, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Custer County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 900 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 1,100 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
Custer County, counted.
3 active surface mines and quarries work Custer County's ground. Custer County averages 84 inches of snow a year. Farms in Custer County hold 8,857 acres of woodland.
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 Colorado Colorado's kei vehicle class, and the two dates that matter
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