EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Cole Credit

Property Trust II, Inc.;

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;

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;

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) for the

registrant and have:

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 subsidiary, is

made known to us by others within those entities, particularly

during the period in which this report is being prepared;

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

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

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 registrant's board of directors (or persons performing

the equivalent functions):

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

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/ Christopher H. Cole

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Christopher H. Cole

Chief Executive Officer and President