As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2008

Registration No. 333-130556

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BNCCORP, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	322 East Main          Bismarck, North Dakota 58501         (701) 250-3040               Address, including zip code, and telephone number,     including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)		45-0402816 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Gregory K. Cleveland President and Chief Executive Officer BNCCORP, Inc. 322 East Main Bismarck, North Dakota 58501 (701) 250-3040  (Names, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)		Copy to: William B. Masters Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre, L.L.P. 201 St. Charles Avenue, 51st Floor New Orleans, Louisiana  70170-5100 (504) 582-8278 Fax:  (504) 582-8278

This Post-Effective Amendment shall become effective in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed by BNCCORP, Inc. (“BNCCORP”) in order to deregister 541,500 shares of BNCCORP’s common stock, $.01 par value, that remain unsold under the Registration Statement which was declared effective by the Commission on January 5, 2006.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bismarck, State of North Dakota, on January 24, 2008.

BNCCORP, Inc.
By:	/s/ Gregory K. Cleveland
	Gregory K. Cleveland
	President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signatures are on following page.]

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
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Tracy Scott	Director	January 24, 2008
/s/ Gregory K. Cleveland
Gregory K. Cleveland	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	January 24, 2008
/s/ Timothy J. Franz
Timothy J. Franz	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	January 24, 2008
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Gaylen Ghylin	Director	January 24, 2008
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Richard M. Johnsen, Jr.	Director	January 24, 2008
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Mark W. Sheffert	Director	January 24, 2008
*
Jerry R. Woodcox	Director	January 24, 2008
Stephen H. Roman	Director
Bradley D. Bonga	Director

*By:       Gregory K. Cleveland   

Gregory K. Cleveland

Attorney-in-fact

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