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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                    CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                    AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Edward L. Fischer, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of DSA Financial
     Corporation;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

4.   The small business issuer'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)) for the small
     business issuer and have:

          a.   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such
               disclosure controls to be designed under our supervision, to
               ensure that material information relating to the small business
               issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
               us by others within those entities, particularly during the
               period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

          b.   Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer'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 quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

          c.   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 materially affect, the small business issuer's internal
               control over financial reporting; and

5.   The small business issuer's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
     based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
     reporting, 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 functions):

          a.   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
               which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small
               business issuer'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 small business
               issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


Date:  November 14, 2006             /s/ Edward L. Fischer
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                                     Edward L. Fischer
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer
                                     (principal executive officer)