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Exhibit 31.1

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO  18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,  AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

**CERTIFICATION**

            I, Patrick  White, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Document Security  Systems, Inc. certify that:

            1.             I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Document Security Systems,  Inc.

            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 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 report;

            4.             I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant  and have:

                         a)            designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls  and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material  information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the  period in which this report is being prepared;

                         b)            [reserved]

                         c)            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, as of the end of the period covered by this report  based on such evaluation; and

                         d)            disclosed  in 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; and

            5.             I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over  financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of  the registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 17, 2004

| /s/ Patrick White                                                                                                           |
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| Patrick White, President           Chief Executive Officer and           Acting Chief Financial Officer |