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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Ronald L. Havner, Jr., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Public Storage
Properties IV, Ltd.;
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 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 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
we 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)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report 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 report any change in the Registrant's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred 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 reports; and
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 person 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/ Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
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Name: Ronald L. Havner, Jr.
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 14, 2003