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Michael Hugh Scott

2025 Form 6X · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-07-08 · 5 pages (text)

Amendment. It restates assets. Net worth, liabilities, joint and several liabilities, income, secondary sources of income and interests in specified businesses weren't amended, so they're shown as originally filed in the Form 6 received 2026-07-01; click those values to open it.

Net worth$4,395,800
Income listed$202,800
Real estate$4,810,0006 properties
Debts listed$834,100
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 92% $186,600 · Right Trailers, Inc., Polk BOCC
  • Consulting, lobbying & public affairs 8% $16,200 · Geosyntec Consultants Inc.

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,395,800; listed items add up to $4,397,900

Reported net worth: $4,395,800. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,397,900. 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 ($145,000) comes from Right Trailers, Inc.

Listed income totals $202,800 from 3 sources. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

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 3 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 $4,395,800 — 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”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $4,810,000 across 6 properties (109% 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 Michael Hugh Scott

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2026-07-01$4,395,800
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-30$3,879,000

Net worth

Net worth
$4,395,800
As of
2026-03-31
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $5,047,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $834,100 listed

CreditorAddressAmount
Mid Florida CU3004 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33803$545,000
Wells Fargo6711 US Hwy 98 N, Lakeland, FL 33809$137,000
Mid Florida CU3004 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33803$49,740
Mid Florida CU3004 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33803$48,553
Mid Florida CU3004 Florida Ave S, Lakeland, FL 33803$53,807

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $202,800 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead: No

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount
Right Trailers, Inc.7220 US Hwy 98 N, Lakeland, FL 33809$145,000
Polk BOCC330 W. Church St., Bartow, FL 33830$41,600
Geosyntec Consultants Inc.777 Yamato Rd # 600, Boca Raton, FL 33431$16,200

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
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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