CARRERAS v. DOT, MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION

No. 20-0963.

977 N.W.2d 438 (2022)

J. Jesus CARRERAS and Los Primos Auto Sales, LLC d/b/a LOS Primos Auto Sales, Appellants, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 17, 2022.

Amended July 11, 2022.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd M. Lantz (argued) and Elisabeth A. Archer of the Weinhardt Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Michelle E. Rabe (argued), Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which Waterman and McDonald, JJ., joined, and in which Oxley and Appel, JJ., joined as to parts II and III.C, and in which McDermott, J., joined as to parts II and III.A-B. Oxley, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Appel, J., joined. McDermott, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Mansfield, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.


This case presents a question of first impression involving the statutory interpretation of Iowa Code section 322.3(12) (2019). Specifically, we must determine whether a motor vehicle dealer licensee's federal structuring conviction for splitting cash deposits into several business accounts to avoid a federal reporting...

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