Florida Files

Officeholders

Jay Gordon Shuler

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-17 · 6 pages (text)

Net worth$3,188,288
Income listed$201,057
Real estate$248,0003 properties
Debts listed$189,359
Worth a look1

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 88% $177,361 · State of Florida
  • Other / unclassified 8% $15,695 · Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Shuler Limited Partnership
  • Real estate 4% $8,001 · Shuler Brothers Rentals Management, Inc.

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Unusual reporting

1 entry is withheld entirely ($358,000, 11% of net worth)

In the public copy, the whole description of 1 asset entry is redacted, so the public can't tell what it is. Partial redactions (an account number, or an exempt official's home address next to a named item) are common; this is the whole entry.

What to check
  • Compare with the filer's other filings, which may describe the same items.
  • The Commission on Ethics holds the unredacted filing.

Rule: Entries withheld entirely
“Describe, and state the value of, each asset you had on the reporting date”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 6

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $3,188,288; listed items add up to $3,188,288

Reported net worth: $3,188,288. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $3,188,288. 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

88% of listed income ($177,361) comes from State of Florida

Listed income totals $201,057 from 4 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 4 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 $3,188,288 — 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 $248,000 across 3 properties (8% 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” and owns more than 5% of it

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: Dodd Title Company, Inc.. 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

Some of what this filing reports stands out. 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 Jay Gordon Shuler

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-23$3,139,5571

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $3,277,647 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $189,359 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Income $201,057 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
Retrieved
2026-10-08T00:57:07+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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