## **Exhibit 31.1**

 

## **SECTION 302 -CERTIFICATION**

 

I, James W. Lokey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mid-StateBancshares, certify that:

1.                               I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10-Q of Mid-State Bancshares;

 

2.                               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement  of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.                               The registrant’s other certifying officerand I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

b)             Designed such internal controls over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesignated under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

c)              Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)             Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

5.                               The registrant’s other certifying officerand I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committeeof the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting whichare 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 involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 
| Date: May 4, 2005 |   |   | /s/ James W. Lokey            |
|-------------------|--------|--------|-------------------------------|
|              |   |   | JAMES W. LOKEY                |
|              |   |   | President and                 |
|              |   |   | Chief Executive Officer       |
|              |   |   | (Principal Executive Officer) |

 

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