**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

I, C. Wayne Cape, certify that:

1.                Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of OptioSoftware, Inc.; 

2.                Basedon my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport; 

3.                Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; 

4.                Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining the disclosure controls and procedures (as definedin Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) for theregistrant and have: 

                           (a)   Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that the material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared; and 

                           (b)   intentionally left blank 

                           (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and 

                           (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

5.                Theregistrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based onour most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

                           (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably 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 managementor other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting. 

Date: June 14, 2006
|          | /s/ C. Wayne  Cape       |
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| * * | *C.  Wayne Cape*         |
|     | Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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