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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael V. Shustek, as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the
Manager of Vestin Mortgage, Inc., the sole Manager of Vestin Fund II, LLC,
certify that:



|1. |  | I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Vestin Fund II, LLC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|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;
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|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
Vestin Fund II, LLC as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;              
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|4. |  | Vestin Fund II, LLC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 Vestin Fund II,
LLC 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 Vestin
Fund II, LLC, 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;
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| | (b) |  | Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos 33-82377 and
34-47986                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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| | (c) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of Vestin Fund II, LLC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 evaluations; and                                                                                          
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| | (d) |  | Disclosed in this report any changes in Vestin Fund II, LLCs
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
Vestin Fund II, LLCs most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect Vestin Fund
II, LLCs internal control over financial reporting; and;                                                      



|5. |  | Vestin Fund II, LLCs other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to Vestin Fund II, LLCs auditors and the audit committee of
Vestin Fund II, LLC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 Vestin Fund II,
LLCs ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
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 Vestin Fund II,
LLCs internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                

Date: September 30, 2003



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Michael V. Shustek
Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Manager*

Vestin Mortgage, Inc., sole
Manager of Vestin Fund II, LLC


* Michael V. Shustek functions as the
equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant