Florida Files

Officeholders

David Christopher Rich

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-09 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$511,348
Income listed$0
Real estate$393,0002 properties
Debts listed$55,000
Worth a look1

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Income & business ties

Gulf County: no income listed, though the office pays a salary

The filer held Gulf County in 2023, a salaried public office, but the primary sources of income are left empty, and no tax return is attached instead.

What to check
  • Check the income page of the original: the salary may be listed under another name.
  • Check that they were paid in office all year: the Commission keeps listing a suspended or departed official under the office, and a new term may start partway through the year.
  • Some officials decline or donate their salary; the form still asks for income received.
Rule: Paid public office, but no public salary listed
“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 3

Context Unusual reporting

“bank accounts” ($94,668) doesn't name the institution

Intangible assets should name the entity they relate to.

What to check
  • Which bank, company or fund is this?

Rule: Asset without a named institution
“Do not list simply "stocks and bonds" or "bank accounts."”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets (quote not found in this year's instructions) · how this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $511,348; listed items add up to $511,168

Reported net worth: $511,348. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $511,168. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Lists 2 businesses under “Interests in Specified Businesses” and owns more than 5% of all of them

Listed under “Interests in Specified Businesses”: SPR,LLC., Illustrious Charters,LLC. 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Interests in Specified Businesses ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Businesses they disclosed

Other filings by David Christopher Rich

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-08-13$558,0001
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-27$396,496

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $546,168 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $55,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $0 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

Reported as “N/A”.

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

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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