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Officeholders

Nicholas Richard Lopane

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-10 · 4 pages (text)

Net worth$787,000
Income listed$224,868
Real estate$1,200,000
Debts listed$452,678
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 88% $196,868 · Circuit Judge State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 12% $28,000 · Professor University of South Florida, Professor Duke University, Professor Old Dominion University

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

“Bank account” ($40,000) 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."”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $787,000; listed items add up to $887,322

Reported net worth: $787,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $887,322. The difference matches the household goods, which the filer may have left out of net worth.

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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

88% of listed income ($196,868) comes from Circuit Judge State of Florida

Listed income totals $224,868 from 4 sources. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 4 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

Real estate worth $1,200,000 (152% 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

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Their filings

Other filings by Nicholas Richard Lopane

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-01$787,000

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,240,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $452,678 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $224,868 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

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
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6
Extraction
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