Exhibit3.1

Entity #:3846618

Date Filed: 11/14/2008

Pedro A. Cortes

Secretary of the Commonwealth

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE

CORPORATION BUREAU

Certificate of Limited Partnership

(15 Pa.C.S. § 8511)

Fee: $125

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Certificate of Limited Partnership 2 Page(s)

T0832260012

Corporation Service Company   Document will be returned to the name and address you enter to the left.

In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. § 8511 (relating to certificate of limited partnership), the undersigned, desiring to form a limited partnership, hereby certifies that:

1. The name of the limited partnership (may contain the word “company”, or “limited” or “limited partnership” or any abbreviation):

Commonwealth Income & Growth Fund VII, LP

2. The (a) address of the limited partnership’s initial registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is:

(a) Number and Street	City	State	Zip	County
2 Christy Drive, Suite 200	Chadds Ford	PA	19317	Delaware

(b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider	County
c/o:

3. The name and business address of each general partner of the partnership is:

Name	Address
Commonwealth Income & Growth Fund, Inc	2 Christy Drive, Chadds Ford, PA 19317

DSCB:15-8511-2

4. Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following:

X           The formation of the limited partnership shall be effective upon filing this Certificate of LimitedPartnership in the Department of State.

The formation of the limited partnership shall be effective on:_____ at _____.

Date           Hour

5. The specified effective date, if any is:

______________________________________________

month                      date           year           hour, if any

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned general

partner(s) of the limited partnership has (have) executed

this Certificate of Limited Partnership this

14th day of November, 2008.

 /s/ Richard G. Devlin, VP of General Partner

Signature