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CERTIFICATIONS
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Norman Morales, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Vineyard National Bancorp;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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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. |  | 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-14 and 15d-14) for
the registrant and we have:                                                                                                     
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| | (a) |  | Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures to 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 the
periodic report is being prepared;
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| | (b) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a
date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
quarterly report (the Evaluation Date); and                                                                                                
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| | (c) |  | Presented in this quarterly report
our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures based on our
evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                      
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| | 5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrants
auditors and to the audit committee of the registrants board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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| | (a) |  | All significant deficiencies in the
design or operation of internal controls which could
adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have
identified for the registrants auditors any material
weaknesses in internal controls;
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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 controls;
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| | 6. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have
indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were
significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that
could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date
of our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
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|Date: November 14, 2002 |  |                                                     
|                        |  | /s/ Norman Morales                                  
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|                        |  | Norman Morales
President and Chief Executive Officer