Can I own one here
Owning one in Garfield 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 with limits. Utah registers kei class trucks as novel vehicles and a novel vehicle equipped to the street-legal standard may run on Utah roads at up to 50 miles per hour, never on an interstate.
A newer governed truck
Off highway vehicle. Registered as a novel vehicle, which Utah governs under its off-highway vehicle chapter. The division may issue a title.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Garfield County.
Some routes. Garfield County opens the county roads on its OHV route map, and Escalante and Panguitch open their streets for trips to riding areas, Panguitch apart from Main Street and Center Street.
In town Some
- To confirm Antimony. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Closed Boulder. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Bryce Canyon City. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- To confirm Cannonville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Some Escalante. Every city street is an OHV route for reaching an area open to OHVs, unless posted closed. OHVs keep to 15 mph. Escalante City Code 6.08.040, Ordinance 2003-2 as amended by Ordinance 2005-02 of 15 February 2005, read 28 October 2026
- Closed Hatch. The town's code on American Legal was walked chapter by chapter through its traffic, public safety and public ways titles and no chapter or section heading concerns OHVs, so no street is designated and 41-22-10.5(5) keeps streets closed to them. A rule under a general heading could have been missed. no OHV designation found in the code, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Henrieville. The town's code was not read in this pass.
- Some Panguitch. Every city street except Center Street and Main Street is an OHV route for reaching an area open to OHVs, unless posted closed. OHVs keep to 15 mph. Panguitch City Code 10.20.030, Ordinance No. 2005-3 of 26 January 2005 and Ordinance 2018-5 of 13 February 2018, read 28 October 2026
- To confirm Tropic. The town's code was not read in this pass.
County roads Some
Only the roads on the Garfield County OHV Ordinance Route Map are open to OHVs. The County Commission keeps the map, and an OHV on one of those roads is street legal public traffic. The map was not read, so the roads it shows are not listed here. Garfield County Code 70.01, Ordinance 2007-3 passed 9 April 2007, code current through Ordinance 2026-2 of 23 March 2026, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Garfield County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Los Angeles, about 600 road miles.
- The Port of Oakland, about 700 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,000 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
Garfield County, counted.
Garfield County averages 48 inches of snow a year. Garfield County grows 172 acres of orchards and vineyards. 1 active surface mine or quarry works Garfield 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.
News for Utah Utah adds gray market title brands on 1 January 2027
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