Exhibit 31.1

**CERTIFICATION**

I, Patrick White, certify that:

| 1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report of Form 10-QSB of Document Security Systems, Inc.; |
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| 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; |
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| 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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report; |
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| 4.     I am responsiblewith the Principal Accounting Officer for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrolsandprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) and internalcontrol overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)for the registrant 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 registrant, is made known to me by others within the company, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; |
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b)      Evaluated    the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures    and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the    disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the endof the period covered by this report based upon such evaluation; and

c)         Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

| 5.     The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditorsand the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction); |
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| a)     All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls whichare reasonably likely toadverselyaffectthe registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialdata; 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 registrant’sinternal controls. |
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Date: August 12, 2005

/s/Patrick WhitePatrick WhiteChief Executive Officer

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