POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints NANCY RINALDI BOATRIGHT, CHRISTINA J. COOK and MEGAN CARTER, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and / or director of Bank of Marin Bancorp (the "Company"), Forms
3, 4 and 5, including Form ID application and verification, in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations thereunder;

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, Form 3,
4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused the Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of May 2007.


/s/ James E. Deitz
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James E. Deitz