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Officeholders

Daniel B. Merritt Sr

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-27 · 8 pages (text)

Net worth$5,361,045
Income listed$207,817
Real estate$850,000
Debts listed$0
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Investments & retirement 68% $141,362 · State of Florida-Retirement, Truist Securities/Dividends, Truist Fin. Corp.-Stock Dividends, Social Security Benefits, Truist Bank-Interest
  • Agriculture 17% $35,000 · Merritt Farm & Livestock Co.
  • Government & public payroll 13% $27,285 · State of Florida-Survivor Benefits, State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 2% $4,170 · Truist Investment Services, See Attached

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $5,361,045; listed items add up to $2,196,545

Reported net worth: $5,361,045. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $2,196,545. 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. 1 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

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 Missing or incomplete

Assets itemized in an attachment on pages 5–8

The form says “see attached” for 1 entry, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 5–8).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2024 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 5 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 $5,361,045 — 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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ 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

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Daniel B. Merritt Sr

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-30$5,735,601

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,770,770 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $0 listed

Reported as “N/A”.

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $207,817 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
2026-10-08T11:51:14+00:00
SHA-256
702295548b07043d7fcf69d1c6466a2a63e21e8d88b58f150b543aced8117722
Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 attachment · p6 attachment · p7 other · p8 attachment
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence