exv3w81

Exhibit 3.81


		STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 10:00 AM 07/16/2002 020453709 — 3547811

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC

The undersigned, an authorized natural person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 18, Title 6 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified, and referred to as the “Delaware Limited Liability Company Act”), hereby certifies that:

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (hereinafter called the “limited liability company”) is Sunterra Ridge Pointe Development, LLC.

SECOND: The address of the registered office and the name and the address of the registered agent of the limited liability company required to be maintained by Section 18-104 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act are The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, County of New Castle.

Executed on July 15, 2002.



	/s/ Mark R. Williams
	Mark R. Williams, Authorized Person


		STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 01:00 PM 03/19/2003 030184035 — 3547811

State of Delaware
Certificate of Merger of a Foreign Limited Partnership
into a Domestic Limited Liability Company

Pursuant to Title 6, Section 18-209 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

First: The name of the surviving Limited Liability Company is Sunterra Ridge Pointe Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Second: The name of the Limited Partnership being merged into this surviving Limited Liability Company is Ridge Pointe Limited Partnership. The jurisdiction in which this Limited Partnership was formed is Nevada.

Third: The Agreement and Plan of Merger has been approved and executed by both entities.

Fourth: The name of the surviving Limited Liability Company is Sunterra Ridge Pointe Development, LLC.

Fifth: The executed Agreement and Plan of Merger is on file at 3865 West Cheyenne Avenue, Building #5, North Las Vegas, Nevada 89032, the principal place of business of the surviving Limited Liability Company.

Sixth: A copy of the Agreement and Plan of Merger will be furnished by the surviving Limited Liability Company on request, without cost, to any member of the Limited Liability Company or any person holding an interest in any other business entity which is to merge or consolidate.

Seventh: The Agreement and Plan of Merger between the aforesaid constituent entities provides that the merger herein certified shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. on the date of filing this Certificate of Merger in the State of Delaware.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Limited Liability Company has caused this certificate to be signed by an authorized person, this 19th day of March, 2003.


	SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
	By:	SUNTERRA DEVELOPER AND SALES HOLDING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, its sole manager and member


By:	/s/ James F. Anderson
	Name:	James F. Anderson
	Title:	Vice President

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC

SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC (hereinafter called the “company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under and by virtue of the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

1. The name of the limited liability company is:

SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

2. The Certificate of Formation of the domestic limited liability company is hereby amended to change the name and address of the registered agent and the address of the registered office within the State of Delaware as follows:

National Registered Agents, Inc.
9 East Loockerman Street, Suite 1B
Dover, Delaware 19901
County of Kent

Executed on: January 14, 2004.



	/s/ Lori Knohl
	Lori Knohl, Authorized Person


		State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 12:43 PM 01/23/2004 FILED 12:27 PM 01/23/2004 SRV 040049781 — 3547811 FILE


		State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 07:11 PM 10/17/2007 FILED 07:11 PM 10/17/2007 SRV 071127854 — 3547811 FILE

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC

1. The name of the limited liability company is SUNTERRA RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

2. The Certificate of Formation of the limited liability company is hereby amended as follows: The name of the limited liability company is

DIAMOND RESORTS RIDGE POINTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment of Sunterra Ridge Pointe Development, LLC this 16^th day of October 2007.



	By:	/s/ Frederick C. Bauman
		Frederick C. Bauman
		Authorized Person