Florida Files

Officeholders

Donald Dempsey

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-06-09 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$5,176,844
Income listed$777,642
Real estate$2,867,0757 properties
Debts listed$57,074
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Law 71% $550,000 · Law Office of Donald B. Dempsey, Jr.(Annual approx.)
  • Real estate 23% $176,350 · Dempsey Properties DeLand, Inc., (annual approx), Rental Income, tenant John Thorn (monthly), Rental Income, tenant Bryant Watts (monthly), Rental Income, Hayden Nanan (monthly), Rental Income, Bobby Wilson(monthly)
  • Government & public payroll 7% $51,292 · Volusia County (Annual)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($52,694) 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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $5,176,844; listed items add up to $5,166,844

Reported net worth: $5,176,844. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,166,844. 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.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

71% of listed income ($550,000) comes from Law Office of Donald B. Dempsey, Jr.(Annual approx.)

Listed income totals $777,642 from 7 sources. The largest is classed as law.

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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 7 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 $5,176,844 — 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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $2,867,075 across 7 properties (55% 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.”2025 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

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Donald Dempsey

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-07-01$4,998,369

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,723,917 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $57,074 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $777,642 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

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
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Extraction
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