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Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Luis de la Aguilera, certify that:
1.
 
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of USCB Financial Holdings, Inc.;
2.
 
Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;
4.
 
The
 
registrant’s
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer
 
and
 
I
 
are
 
responsible
 
for
 
establishing
 
and
 
maintaining
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and 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
 
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
 
report any change
 
in the registrant’s
 
internal control over
 
financial reporting that
 
occurred during
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
reporting; and
5.
 
The registrant’s
 
other certifying
 
officer 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
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
board of
 
directors (or
 
persons
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/ Luis de la Aguilera
Luis de la Aguilera
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 12, 2023