**Exhibit 31**

 

**Certification of Chief Executive Officerand Principal Financial Officer**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002**

 

I, James P. Foran, certify that:

 

- I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended

September 30,2013 of JPX Global, Inc.;

 

- Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statementswere made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

- Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrantas of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

- As the registrant's certifying officer, I am responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financialreporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controlsand procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this reportis being prepared;

 

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal controlover financial reporting;

 

- I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarizeand report financial information; and

 

 

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 20, 2013

 

By:	*/s/ James P. Foran*	

James P. Foran

Chief Executive Officer

and Principal Financial Officer