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Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION
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 (Principal 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-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:                                                                                               



| | (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, 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) |  | 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                                                                                                    
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| | (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 (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting; and



| | 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 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
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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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|Date: July 30, 2003 |  | /s/  Norman
Morales                  
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|                    |  | Norman Morales                       
|                    |  | President and Chief Executive Officer

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