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christopher John Latvala

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-05-17 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$516,529
Income listed$171,534
Real estate$450,000
Debts listed$265,432
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 64% $110,096 · Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
  • Other / unclassified 36% $61,438 · 1099-k EBay, Frank Crum 14 Inc, Direct Mail Systems, Inc

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Lists 2 investment accounts ($169,407) 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 $516,529; listed items add up to $560,119

Reported net worth: $516,529. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $560,119. The difference matches the household goods, which the filer may have left out of net worth.

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 Income & business ties

64% of listed income ($110,096) comes from Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners

Listed income totals $171,534 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”2023 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

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 christopher John Latvala

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-10$700,117
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-09$612,866
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-16$469,982

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $765,550 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $265,432 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $171,534 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”.

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
DIRECT MAIL SYSTEMS, INC.Income sourceActive
formed 1979 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

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 form6
Extraction
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