**Exhibit      31.1**

| 1)   | I                have reviewed this annual report Form 10-KSB of First Valley                Bancorp; |
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| 2)   | Based                on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement                of 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; |
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| 3)   | Based                on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information                included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects                the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of                the small                business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this                report; |
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| 4)   | The                small business issuer’s other certifying officers 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 small                business issuer and we have: |
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| 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 small business issuer is                made                known to us by others within those entities, particularly during                the                period in which this quarterly report is being                prepared; |
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| b)   | [Omitted                in accordance with SEC Release Nos. 33-8238 and                34-47986]; |
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| c)   | Evaluated                the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and                procedures and presented in the 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; |
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| d)   | Disclosed                in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control                over financial reporting that occurred during the small business                issuer’s                most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal                quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,                or                is reasonably likely to affect, the small business issuer’s internal                control over financial reporting:                and |
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| 5)   | The                small business issuer’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed,                based on our most recent evaluation, to the small business issuer’s                auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board of                directors (or persons performing the equivalent                function): |
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| a)   | all                significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or                operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are                reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability                to record, process, summarize and report financial data information;                and |
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| b)   | any                fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer’s                internal controls over financial reporting. |
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