|Exhibit 31.1
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|CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORT(Section 302 Certification)
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| | I, Dann H. Bowman, certify that:1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chino Commercial Bancorp;2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to statea material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this 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 theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;4.  The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controlover financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant andhave:
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| | a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theregistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assuranceregarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; andd)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
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|5.  The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of theregistrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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| | a)  all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controlover financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; andb)  any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting.
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| | Date: May 12, 2009
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| | By:/s/ Dann H. Bowman_____________Dann H. BowmanPresident and Chief Executive Officer
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