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                              PACIFIC STATE BANCORP

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350.
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pacific State Bancorp (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2003, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report'), the
undersigned hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the best of his
knowledge, that:

         (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
               material respects, the financial condition and results of
               operations of the Company


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


PACIFIC STATE BANCORP


Date: November 14, 2003                BY: /s/ STEVEN A. ROSSO
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                                           Steven A. Rosso
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer
                                           Acting Chief Financial Officer


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