Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, G. Hunter Haas, certify that:
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Orchid Island Capital, Inc.
(the "registrant");
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;
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;
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 (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
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 equivalent functions):
