Can I own one here
Owning one in Delta 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 Delta County.
To confirm. Delta County's OHV rule was not found on the county's own site, so its county roads and its six towns stay unconfirmed.
In town To confirm
- To confirm Delta. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Cedaredge. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Crawford. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Hotchkiss. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Orchard City. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Paonia. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads To confirm
A trail group's 2021 list says all county roads are open, but a search of the county's own site for OHV and off-highway vehicle returns no ordinance or resolution. none read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Delta 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 900 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,100 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
Delta County, counted.
Delta County grows 1,995 acres of orchards and vineyards. 6 active surface mines and quarries work Delta County's ground. Delta County has 1,511 farms and 464 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Areas
The areas Delta 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 Colorado Colorado's kei vehicle class, and the two dates that matter
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