Florida Files

Officeholders

Sara Carter

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-16 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$4,031,561
Income listed$287,854
Real estate$3,839,00010 properties
Debts listed$136,348
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 64% $183,145 · State of Florida (salary)
  • Agriculture 20% $57,963 · US Dept. of Agriculture (grant to replant trees)
  • Other / unclassified 11% $32,946 · Ed Bennett (hunting lease), American Towers, LLC (cell tower lease), Putnal Premium Pinestraw (pinestraw lease)
  • Real estate 5% $13,800 · Ashley Joyce (house rental)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($139,152) 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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,031,561; listed items add up to $4,191,496

Reported net worth: $4,031,561. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,191,496. 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

64% of listed income ($183,145) comes from State of Florida (salary)

Listed income totals $287,854 from 6 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 6 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 $4,031,561 — 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 $3,839,000 across 10 properties (95% 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

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Their filings

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Sara Carter

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-20$5,822,0001

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,252,844 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $136,348 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Income $287,854 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
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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T14:13:05+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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