| EXHIBIT 31.1 |
| CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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| PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 | ||
I, Christopher H. Cole, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Cole Credit | |
| Property Trust II, Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue |
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| statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact |
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| necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances | |||||
| under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect |
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| to the period covered by this report; |
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| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial | |||
| information included in this report, fairly present in all material |
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| respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash |
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| flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in |
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| this report; |
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| 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) for the |
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| registrant and have: |
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| a) | designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused |
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| such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under |
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| our supervision, to ensure that material information relating |
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| to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiary, is |
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| made known to us by others within those entities, particularly | ||||||
| during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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| b) | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure |
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| controls and procedures and presented in this report our |
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| conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls | ||||||
| and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this |
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| report based on such evaluation; and |
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| c) | disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's |
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| internal control over financial reporting that occurred during | |||||||
| the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's |
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| fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that |
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| has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially | |||||||
| affect, the registrant's internal control over financial |
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| reporting; and |
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| 5. | The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, |
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| based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over |
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| financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit |
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| committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing | ||||
| the equivalent functions): |
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| a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the |
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| design or operation of internal control over financial |
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| reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the | |||||
| registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report | |||||
| financial information; and |
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| b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management | |||
| or other employees who have a significant role in the |
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| registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
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| /s/ Christopher H. Cole |
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| Christopher H. Cole |
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| Chief Executive Officer and President |
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Date: May 12, 2006