Can I own one here
Owning one in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.
Some routes. Jefferson County lets OHVs on unpaved roads it does not maintain only to maintain them, and no town street was found open.
In town To confirm
- Closed Arvada. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Arvada Code of Ordinances, Supplement 67, online 27 August 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Bow Mar. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Bow Mar Municipal Code, Supplement 8, online 3 September 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Edgewater. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Edgewater Municipal Code, Supplement 24 Update 1, online 18 August 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Golden. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Golden Municipal Code, Supplement 21 Update 1, online 29 September 2026, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Lakeside. No code published online was found, so the town's own code was not read.
- Closed Lakewood. No OHV route. Section 10.63.050 bars all-terrain recreational vehicles from highways. Lakewood Municipal Code, Supplement 15, online 14 September 2026, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Littleton. No code published online was found, so the town's own code was not read. Littleton's code is not hosted on the code libraries searched.
- Closed Morrison. The motor vehicle title has no OHV chapter and its traffic chapter names no OHV route. Morrison Municipal Code Title 6 on American Legal, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Mountain View. The code is hosted on mountainview.municipal.codes, which held at a bot verification page and was not read. mountainview.municipal.codes, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Superior. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Superior Municipal Code, Supplement 33, online 30 June 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Westminster. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Westminster Code of Ordinances, Supplement 13 Update 1, online 20 October 2026, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Wheat Ridge. The code was searched for off-highway, OHV, all-terrain, UTV, side-by-side and utility terrain. It opens no street to OHVs. Wheat Ridge Code of Ordinances, Supplement 77 Update 2, online 24 August 2026, read 28 October 2026
County roads Some
OHVs may run for road maintenance only on unpaved county roads in unincorporated Jefferson County that the county has not accepted for maintenance. No county road is open for travel. Jefferson County Policy, Use of Off-Highway Road Maintenance Vehicles, Resolution CC17-230, adopted 18 July 2017, effective 28 August 2017, 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 Jefferson County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 1,000 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 1,100 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,200 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
Jefferson County, counted.
Jefferson County averages 92 inches of snow a year. 4 active surface mines and quarries work Jefferson County's ground. Jefferson County has 531 farms and 106 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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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