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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, President and Acting 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) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and  procedures and presented in this report my 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

(c) 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 16, 2005

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