Can I own one here
Owning one in Union 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
Closed to road use. Oregon does not register kei trucks for the road. The DMV says kei class vehicles cannot be titled or registered because they were not built for US highways. The 2025 and 2026 bills to change that ended in committee.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. The DMV titles ATVs. A governed road-built truck falls in Oregon's Class II ATV definition when operated off highway, because Class IV requires a vehicle originally manufactured for off-road use only.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Union County.
Roads open. Union County opens its county roads to ATVs with a licensed and insured driver 16 or older, apart from eight named roads and the state highways, and the city of Union opens designated streets, but a kei truck is not one of the ATV classes these routes admit.
In town Some
- Some Union. Designated city streets are open to Class I, II and IV ATVs subject to state law. OR 203 and OR 237 in town are closed except to cross. Read only in a search excerpt of the city code, which sits behind a bot check. Ordinance 2020-560, passed 11 May 2020, as the code's history note shows. Not read., read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Cove. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Elgin. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Imbler. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Island City. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm La Grande. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm North Powder. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Summerville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Open
County roadways are open to ATVs except those Attachment A closes: Hunter Road #14, McAlister Road #14A, Gekeler Lane #116 from Pierce Road to McAlister Road, Buchanan Lane #117, Palmer Junction Road #42 and #140, Bowman #83, Moses Creek #042F and Morgan Lake Road above Glass Hill Road. Crossing a closed road is allowed. The board may change the list by majority vote. Ordinance 2019-01, first reading 26 June 2019, second reading 17 July 2019, adopted 7 August 2019, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- US 30 and OR 82, 203, 204, 237 and 244 in Union County are closed to ATVs under the county ordinance except to cross. Ordinance 2019-01 Section 1.05.A with ORS 821.200(1), read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Union County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 300 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 300 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 350 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
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
Union County, counted.
Farms in Union County hold 81,341 acres of woodland. Union County has 806 farms and 309 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Union County's ground.
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.
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