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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, George H. Haas, certify that:
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q 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 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.
