Cowlitz Bancorporation (CWLZ) 10-Q 2006 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Gerald L. Brickey, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Cowlitz Bancorporation; 

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report; 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly 

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 quarterly report; 

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls 

and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have: 

a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures 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 quarterly report is being prepared; 

b) 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 

c) disclosed in this quarterly 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 likely to materially affect 

the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; 

5. The registrant's other certifying officers 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 registrant's board of directors 

(or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls 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. 

Date: August 11, 2006
	/s/ Gerald L. Brickey
	Gerald L. Brickey, Chief Financial Officer
	Cowlitz Bancorporation

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