Florida Files

Officeholders

Christopher Bernier

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-05-21 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$1,081,269
Income listed$383,130
Real estate$1,050,0002 properties
Debts listed$848,795
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 66% $253,138 · Duval County Public Schools, Lee County Public Schools
  • Investments & retirement 23% $88,817 · Florida Retirement, Vanguard Investment Dividends
  • Other / unclassified 11% $41,175 · Buy and Rent at the Beach (Rent New Smyrna)), REMAX Reality Team (Rent Ft Myers)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,081,269; listed items add up to $994,473

Reported net worth: $1,081,269. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $994,473. 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ 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

Reports a net worth of $1,081,269 — a millionaire 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $1,050,000 across 2 properties (97% 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

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

Other filings by Christopher Bernier

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-04$1,237,151

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $1,756,467 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $848,795 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $383,130 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
2026-10-08T05:26:42+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence