Can I own one here
Owning one in Mesa 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 Mesa County.
To confirm. Mesa County's map shows county roads authorized for OHVs under Ordinance 12 of 2014 but the ordinance itself was not read, and Grand Junction allows only one permitted rental route north of H Road.
In town Some
- Some Grand Junction. One permitted route for the customers of one rental business: Horizon Drive east of I-70, H Road to 27 1/4 Road and 27 1/4 Road north of H Road, by the most direct route to public land, under a police permit. No other street. Ordinance No. 5231, adopted 18 September 2024 and effective 21 October 2024, after Ordinances 4859 of 2019 and 4973 of 2021, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Palisade. Ordinance 2023-04 on OHVs and golf carts exists by title, but the file has been removed from the town's site and was not read.
- To confirm Fruita. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Collbran. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm De Beque. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Some
The county's road map shows the county roads authorized for OHVs under Ordinance 12 (effective 12 November 2014) and says roads inside Grand Junction, Fruita, Palisade, De Beque and Collbran need the town's own approval. The ordinance text is not posted and was not read. Ordinance 12, effective 12 November 2014, not read, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Mesa 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
Mesa County, counted.
Mesa County has 2,353 farms and 693 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Mesa County grows 2,957 acres of orchards and vineyards. 6 active surface mines and quarries work Mesa County's ground.
Areas
The areas Mesa 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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