EXHIBIT 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

      I, Anthony Giordano, III, certify that:

      1. I have  reviewed  this  annual  report on Form 10-K of  Central  Jersey
Bancorp;

      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)) 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 report is being prepared;

            (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;

            (c)  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

            (d) 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  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

            (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 14, 2006             /s/ Anthony Giordano, III
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                                  Anthony Giordano, III
                                  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
                                  Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary