Exhibit 31.1
 
Certification of CEO Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act
Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) as Adopted Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
I, William G. Smith, Jr.,
 
certify that:
 
1. I
 
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Capital City Bank
 
Group, Inc.;
 
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 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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))
 
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) Designed
 
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
 
internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
 
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
 
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
 
(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 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 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.
 
 
/s/ William G. Smith, Jr.
William G. Smith, Jr.
Chairman, President and
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
Date: July 30,
 
2021