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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.
Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 31, 2022