EXHIBIT 31.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Robert D. O'Donnell, President and CEO of Community Bancorp of New Jersey,
certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Community
            Bancorp of New Jersey;

      2.    Based on my knowledge, this 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 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 issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this
            report;

      4.    The issuer's other certifying officer(s) 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
            issuer and 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 issuer, 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;

            (b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer'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

      5.    The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
            on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
            reporting, to the issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the
            issuer'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
                  issuer'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 issuer's
                  internal control over financial reporting.


Date: May 13, 2004                          Robert D. O'Donnell
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                                            President & CEO


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