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                                                                 EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATION
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I, William F. Truscott, certify that:

    1.  I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Ameriprise
        Certificate Company;

    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 which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to
        the period covered by this report;

    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
        report;

    4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are 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 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 report is being prepared;

        (b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
            controls and procedures, and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
            procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
            based on such evaluation; and

        (c) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
            control over financial reporting 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; and

    5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,
        based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
        reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
        registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
        functions):

        (a) All significant deficiencies and material weakness 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

        (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.

    Date: March 1, 2007

                                               /s/ William F. Truscott
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                                                   William F. Truscott
                                                   Chief Executive Officer