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Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael C. Mayer, certify that:

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Redding Bancorp;

Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
report:

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this quarterly 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:

The registrants other certifying officers and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13-a-15 (e) and 15d-15 (e) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
for the registrant and have:



|a.) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or 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.) |  | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                 
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|c.) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this quarterly report (the Evaluation Date):
and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on
our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date.                   
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|d.) |  | Disclosed in this report any change in internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal
quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, internal control over financial reporting;                                                                                                                             

The registrants other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
the registrants board of directors:



|a.) |  | All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal controls which could adversely affect the registrants
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data
and have identified for the registrants auditors any material
weaknesses in internal controls: 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.                                                                                                                    

/s/MICHAEL C. MAYER

Michael C. Mayer
President & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

Dated August 5, 2003

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