CERTIFICATIONS                                                                                                                   Exhibit 31(a)



I, Robert E. Sandlin, certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Patriot Transportation Holding,
Inc.;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this annual 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 annual report;
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| | 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officers 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)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
or caused such disclosure controls to be designed under our supervision, ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
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| | b) | designed such internal control over financial
reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | c) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosures controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d) | disclosed in this report any changes in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal annual that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial report; and
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| | 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officers and 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 registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a) | all significant deficiencies 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
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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’s internal control over financial reporting.
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|Date:  December 11, 2019 |  |  |  | /s/Robert E. Sandlin                 
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|                         |  |  |  | President and Chief Executive Officer