Florida Files

Officeholders

Sheriff Chip Wayne Simmons

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-05-26 · 6 pages (text)

Net worth$1,992,234
Income listed$376,015
Real estate$1,542,9014 properties
Debts listed$782,402
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 60% $225,729 · Escambia County Sheriffs Office
  • Investments & retirement 31% $116,869 · City of Pensacola Police Pension
  • Real estate 9% $33,417 · Rental Income

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Lists Jewelry separately from the $45,000 household-goods total

Personal vehicles, jewelry, art and furnishings can be reported in the household-goods lump sum or itemized. Net worth doesn't appear to count them twice.

What to check
  • No action needed unless the lump sum also includes these items.

Rule: Household items listed twice
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date you selected for your net worth, if the asset was worth more than $1,000 and if you have not already included that asset in the aggregate value of your household goods and personal effects.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $1,992,234; listed items add up to $1,992,234

Reported net worth: $1,992,234. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $1,992,234. 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

60% of listed income ($225,729) comes from Escambia County Sheriffs Office

Listed income totals $376,015 from 3 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

Reports a net worth of $1,992,234 — 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 $1,542,901 across 4 properties (77% 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

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 1 business under “Interests in Specified Businesses”

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Loyalty Credit Union. 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

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 Sheriff Chip Wayne Simmons

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics) · amended later2026-05-25$2,231,479
2025 Form 6X — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-25$1,797,254

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $2,729,636 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $782,402 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $376,015 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

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

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-08T13:04:21+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6
Extraction
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