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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-07-057961.txt : 20070918
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-07-057961.hdr.sgml : 20070918
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070918174450
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-07-057961
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070914
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070918

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ECB BANCORP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001066254
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				562090738
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 337
		STREET 2:		HWY 264
		CITY:			ENGELHARD
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27824
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2529259411

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPENCER R S JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001203955

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24753
		FILM NUMBER:		071123242

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 159
		CITY:			ENGELHARD
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			27824
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>rrd172677.xml
<DESCRIPTION>SEPTEMBER 14, 2007 FORM 4
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    <periodOfReport>2007-09-14</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001066254</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ECB BANCORP INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ECBE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001203955</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SPENCER R S JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>PO BOX 159</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ENGELARD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>27824</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-09-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23369</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person transferred 4,000 shares of ECB Bancorp, Inc. common stock to his former spouse pursuant to a separation of property and settlement agreement incident to his divorce.  Shares owned individually by the Reporting Person's former spouse have been listed in his previous reports as indirectly owned by him.  The Reporting Person no longer considers himself to beneficially own those shares, and they are not included in this report and will not be included in future reports he files.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>R. S. Spencer, Jr.,  By:  William R. Lathan, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-09-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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