**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**Rule13a-14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer**

 

I, C. Allan Ducker, III,chief executive officer, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSBof CommunitySouth Financial Corporation

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.             The small business issuer’s other certifying officersand I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for thesmall business issuer and have:

 

a)  Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to thesmall business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made knownto us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

b)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the smallbusiness issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

c)  Disclosed in this report any change in thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The small business issuer’s other certifying officersand I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the small business issuer’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the small business issuer’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

a)  All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reportingwhich are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management or other employees who have a significant role in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:   November  13, 2007 | By:                            | /s/ C. Allan Ducker,  III |   |
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|                                      | C. Allan Ducker, III           |
|                                      | Chief Executive Officer        |
|                                      | (Principal Executive  Officer) |

 

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