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Officeholders

Charles S. Chestnut IV

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-26 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$268,000
Income listed$131,500
Real estate$0
Debts listed$14,700
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 67% $87,500 · Alachua County Board of County Commissioners
  • Real estate 33% $44,000 · Chestnut Funeral Home

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

“Savings” ($16,000) 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 $268,000; listed items add up to $253,300

Reported net worth: $268,000. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $253,300. Net worth roughly equals the listed assets before debts — the debts may not have been subtracted.

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

67% of listed income ($87,500) comes from Alachua County Board of County Commissioners

Listed income totals $131,500 from 2 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 Wealth & holdings

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of it

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Chestnut Burial Enterprises. That section covers banks, insurers, mortgage and small-loan companies, utilities, alcohol licensees, pari-mutuels and holders of city or county franchises — industries where officials' interests are disclosed separately.

What to check
  • Check whether the office sought oversees or contracts with these industries.
  • Look the businesses up on Sunbiz for officers and registered agents.

Rule: Stakes in closely regulated businesses
“The types of businesses covered in this section include: state and federally chartered banks”2024 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Charles S. Chestnut IV

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-12$344,614

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $227,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $14,700 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $131,500 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

#1 Name
Address
Activity
Position
Owns > 5%
Nature of ownership

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
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