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Officeholders

Laura Ellen Shaffer

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-04-04 · 10 pages (text)

Net worth$920,180
Income listed$191,163
Real estate$554,000
Debts listed$67,187
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 100% $191,163 · Judicial Salary

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 1 investment account ($68,111) 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $920,180; listed items add up to $920,180

Reported net worth: $920,180. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $920,180. They roughly agree. 1 listed item(s) have no amount, so the comparison is incomplete.

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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Missing or incomplete

Assets itemized in an attachment on pages 5–10

The form says “see attached” for 1 entry, and this copy includes the attachment (pages 5–10).

What to check
  • Open the attachment page to see the individual holdings behind each total.
Rule: Itemized in an attachment
“A filer may include and submit attachments or other supporting documentation when filing”2023 Form 6 instructions, Attachments ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($191,163) comes from Judicial Salary

Listed income totals $191,163 from 1 source. 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Laura Ellen Shaffer

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-05-12$1,001,333
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-03$976,394
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-05-16$801,980

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $887,366 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $67,187 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $191,163 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

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
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SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 attachment · p6 attachment · p7 attachment · p8 other · p9 other · p10 other
Extraction
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