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Mini trucks in San Juan County, New Mexico

Kei trucks in New Mexico earn their keep on farms, ranches and private land.

Road use unclearPrivate land onlyAbout 700 road miles from the Port of Los Angeles
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San Juan CountyNew Mexico

San Juan County, New Mexico
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Can I own one here

Owning one in San Juan 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 unclear. New Mexico has no kei truck law. The MVD's written procedure for a vehicle built for sale abroad asks for conformity to federal safety and emission standards and a NHTSA bond release letter, and it has no lane for a vehicle imported at 25 years under the federal age exemption.

A newer governed truck

Private land only. The two statutory OHV definitions disagree on a governed work truck, so no OHV title path is settled.

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Roads and towns

Roads and towns in San Juan County.

Roads open. San Juan County opens its county roads to ROVs and ATVs, and Farmington, Aztec and Bloomfield open their paved streets to side by sides, while state highways stay crossing only.

In town Some

  • Open Farmington. Paved streets owned and controlled by the city are open to ROVs with turn signals, a horn, a lit speedometer and mirrors on both sides, at 45 mph or the posted limit if lower. Walking trails and city parks stay closed. Farmington Code 25-3-136 to 25-3-140, Ordinance No. 2016-1286, 10 May 2016, read 28 October 2026
  • Open Aztec. Paved streets owned and controlled by the city are open to ROVs with turn signals, a horn, a lit speedometer and mirrors on both sides, at 45 mph or the posted limit if lower. Walking trails and city parks stay closed. Aztec City Code 24-26, on a code page dated 11 January 2024, read 28 October 2026
  • Open Bloomfield. Paved streets owned and controlled by the city are open to ROVs with turn signals, a horn, a lit speedometer and mirrors on both sides, at 45 mph or the posted limit if lower. Any other OHV is barred from city streets except to cross. Bloomfield Code 17-100 to 17-105, Ordinance No. 497, 14 December 2020, read 28 October 2026
  • To confirm Kirtland. No online code or OHV act was found for the town in this pass, so whether it opens a street is not known.

County roads Open

County owned and controlled roads and highways are open to ROVs and ATVs under the conditions of NMSA 66-3-1011(C), at the posted limit or any lower Commission limit. Resolution No. 15-16-50, adopted 17 May 2016, read 28 October 2026

State highways Closed

Closed to OHVs.

Getting one here

From Japan to San Juan County.

The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record

  • The Port of Los Angeles, about 700 road miles.
  • The Port of Oakland, about 900 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

San Juan County, counted.

San Juan County has 2,877 farms and 963 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Farms in San Juan County hold 35,504 acres of woodland. 5 active surface mines and quarries work San Juan County's ground.

2,877farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 2026963cattle operationsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 20262,417,870acres of land in farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 202692acres of orchards, vineyards includedUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 2026943operations with horsesUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 202635,504acres of woodland on farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Serviceread 28 October 20265active surface mines and quarriesMine Safety and Health Administrationread 28 October 20268.8inches of snow a year, the station meanNOAA National Centers for Environmental Informationread 28 October 202635percent of people outside urban areasUS Census Bureauread 28 October 2026121,661people in 2020US Census Bureauread 28 October 2026

Areas

The areas San Juan County is part of.

Farms and ranches

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 30 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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