Florida Files

State Representative, District 60

Melissa Rutland

2025 Form 6 · qualifying copy filed with the Division of Elections · received 2026-06-12 · 5 pages (scanned, read by OCR)

Net worth$8,417,946
Income listed$373,055
Real estate$7,872,6782 properties
Debts listed$877,281
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Real estate 100% $371,327 · Business Income Rutland Florida Gulf Group, LLC, Ardith C Rutland tI, LLC, Hubert Rutland Trust
  • Investments & retirement 0% $1,728 · PNC Money Market Interest

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $8,417,946; listed items add up to $8,044,891

Reported net worth: $8,417,946. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $8,044,891. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Most income is from real estate (100%)

Sector is inferred from the names of income sources and the businesses they own.

What to check
  • Consider whether decisions in the office sought affect this industry.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $8,417,946 — a multimillionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $7,872,678 across 2 properties (94% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Melissa Rutland

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-12$8,417,946

Qualifying copies and annual Commission filings are matched to each other by name.

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $8,572,172 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $877,281 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $373,055 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:32:18+00:00
SHA-256
896cd8408ef0088abd20c35b8e5127dcaf445c031ee96b5f607dbd5424ee7194
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 2 value(s) below 80% confidence

Other documents in the qualifying packet

  • 06/09/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Candidate Appt of Campaign Treasurer (not downloaded)
  • 06/09/26 — Statement of Candidate (not downloaded)
  • 06/10/26 — Acknowledgment Letter (not downloaded)
  • 06/10/26 — Resign to Run Letter (not downloaded)
  • 06/12/26 — Check (not downloaded)
  • 06/12/26 — State Partisan Candidate Oath - Party Affiliated (not downloaded)
  • 06/12/26 — Financial Disclosure PDF (5p)
  • 06/15/26 — Pin/Password Reset Request (not downloaded)
  • 06/18/26 — Statement of Solicitation (not downloaded)
  • 09/11/26 — Letter of Authorization for Telephone Solicitation (not downloaded)