Exhibit 31



CERTIFICATION OF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND TREASURER PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



I, Barry M. Yantis, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Chase General Corporation;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
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| | 4. | I am the certifying officer responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) for the
registrant and we have:
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| | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
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| | b. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusion about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and
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| | c. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
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| | 5. | I am the certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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|Dated: May 12, 2004 |  | By: |  | /s/ Barry M. Yantis                
|                    |  |     |  | Barry M. Yantis                    
|                    |  |     |  | President, Chief Executive Officer,
|                    |  |     |  | Treasurer and Chairman of the Board



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