Florida Files

Officeholders

Sara Carter

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-05-21 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$3,797,247
Income listed$426,231
Real estate$3,122,6209 properties
Debts listed$5,753
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 61% $258,915 · Ed Bennett (hunting lease), American Towers, LLC (cell tower lease), Great South Timber & Lumber, LLC (timber sale), Putnal Premium Pinestraw (pinestraw lease), Flatwoods Forest Products, Inc. (timber sale)
  • Government & public payroll 38% $164,016 · State of Florida (salary)
  • Real estate 1% $3,300 · Mark Steicher (house rental)

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($101,600) 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $3,797,247; listed items add up to $4,093,485

Reported net worth: $3,797,247. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,093,485. The difference matches the joint and several liabilities (e.g. a mortgage shared with a spouse).

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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ 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 $3,797,247 — 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $3,122,620 across 9 properties (82% 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.”2022 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

Their campaign

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by Sara Carter

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-20$5,822,0001
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-16$4,031,561
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-06-16$3,779,040

Campaign money

2026 campaign for County Judge

Raised
$0 from 0 contributions

From the Division of Elections campaign finance database, retrieved 2026-10-10. Loans and interest aren't counted as raised. Search the records by candidate name · How this is counted

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,049,238 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $5,753 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Income $426,231 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”.

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
AMERICAN TOWERS LLCIncome sourceActive
formed 2011 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
GREAT SOUTH TIMBER & LUMBER, LLCIncome sourceActive
formed 2015 · last annual report 2026
matched by name
FLATWOODS FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 2003 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

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Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T02:16:44+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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