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Exhibit 31.1

I, Curt Carter, President and Chief Executive Officer of County Bank Corp,
certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of County Bank Corp;

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 registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.   The registrant'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 registrant 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 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;

                  (b)  [THIS PARAGRAPH INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.]

                  (c)  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

                  (d)  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 officer(s) 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 the registrant'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 registrant'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 registrant's internal
       control over financial reporting.

Date:  August 13, 2003

By: /s/ Curt Carter
Curt Carter
President and Chief Executive Officer