Exhibit 99.2

# CERTIFICATION PURSUANT
TO18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly
Report of Washington Banking Company (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period
ended June 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the Report), I, Michal D. Cann, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

|(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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|(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
          respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
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This certification is being furnished
solely to comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and shall not be
incorporated by reference into any of the Companys filings under the Securities Act
of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise be deemed to be filed as part
of the Report or under such Acts.

|/s/ Michal D. Cann                     | 
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|Michal D. Cann
Chief Executive Officer | 
|August 13, 2003                        | 

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# CERTIFICATION PURSUANT
TO18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly
Report of Washington Banking Company (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the period
ended June 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the Report), I, Phyllis A. Hawkins, Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

|(1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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|(2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
          respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
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This certification is being furnished
solely to comply with the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and shall not be
incorporated by reference into any of the Companys filings under the Securities Act
of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise be deemed to be filed as part
of the Report or under such Acts.

|/s/ Phyllis A. Hawkins                     | 
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|                                           | 
|Phyllis A. Hawkins
Chief Financial Officer | 
|August 13, 2003                            | 

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