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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ | Financial_Report.xls |
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ | d84730e10vq.htm |
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ | d84730exv31w1.htm |
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ | d84730exv32w1.htm |
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORP /MS/ | d84730exv32w2.htm |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002
PEOPLES FINANCIAL CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Lauri A. Wood, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Peoples Financial Corporation.
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 the
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 registrants 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
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)) for the registrant 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) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusion 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
d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit
committee of the board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of internal
controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants 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 registrants internal controls over financial reporting.
Dated: November 14, 2011
/s/ Lauri A. Wood | ||||
Lauri A. Wood, | ||||
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) |