**EXHIBIT
      31.1**




**Certification
      of Chief Executive Officer**


**Pursuant
      to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**


**Chapter
      63, Title 18 USC Section 1350 (A) and (B)**





I,
      George
      J. Coates, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:





1.
      I have
      reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB of Coates International,
      Ltd.;




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 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(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and
      we
      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 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 and I have disclosed, based on our most
      recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to the
      registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors
      (or persons performing the equivalent function):




a)
      all
      significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal control over
      financial reporting which 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:
              April 13, 2007
            By:
            /s/
              George J. CoatesGeorge
              J. CoatesPrincipal
              Executive Officer