Florida Files

Officeholders

Scott Pettus

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-06-08 · 3 pages (text)

Net worth$0
Income listed$0
Real estate$0
Debts listed$125,000
Worth a look1

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Missing or incomplete

No income listed (marked “N/A”), and no tax return attached

Income must be disclosed either by listing each source over $1,000 or by attaching the federal tax return. Neither appears here.

What to check
  • Check the income page of the original. Only the filer's own income over $1,000 is required, so someone supported by a spouse or serving unpaid may genuinely have nothing to list.

Rule: No income listed and no tax return
“For purposes of reporting your income, you have the option of either completing this section or submitting a copy of your”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($80,000) instead of what's in them

The instructions say the investments held in a brokerage account or IRA are the assets to report — not the account itself. As listed, the public can't see what the filer is invested in.

What to check
  • Which companies or funds are in these accounts? Holdings matter for conflicts of interest.

Rule: Accounts listed instead of investments
“Note that the product contained in a brokerage account, IRA, or the Florida College Investment Plan, is your asset”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

“Mutual Funds” ($50,000) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

All 4 asset values are round numbers

Every listed asset is valued in round thousands, which suggests estimates rather than statements or appraisals. That's allowed, but it makes the totals less precise.

What to check
  • Are bank or brokerage balances (which are exact) rounded too?

Rule: All values are round numbers

How this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $0; listed items add up to $85,000

Reported net worth: $0. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $85,000. A difference is normal: net worth also counts assets and debts that aren't listed individually (items under $1,000, credit cards, taxes), and the instructions say subtracting listed liabilities from listed assets won't give an accurate figure in most cases.

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

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Their filings

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $185,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $125,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $0 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

Reported as “N/A”.

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T23:08:51+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6
Extraction
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