SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, D.C. 20549

                                      FORM 15


 Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports
       Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
                                   Commission File Number   0-17617      
      Lutheran Brotherhood Realty Fund I, a California limited partnership
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         625 Fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55415    (612) 339-8091
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)
                            Limited Partnership Interests
              (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
                                                                                

   (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [x]          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)     [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)      [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [ ]          Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)     [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [ ]          Rule 15d-6               [ ]
          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   [ ]               

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:  None  

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Lutheran Brotherhood Realty Fund I, a California limited partnership, has
caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
duly authorized person.
                         Lutheran Brotherhood Real Estate Products Company,
                         Its General Partner
                                        
DATE: December 30, 1996  BY: /s/ Otis F. Hilbert 
                            Otis F. Hilbert, Vice President and Secretary

Instruction:   This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The
registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed.  It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person.  The name and title of the
person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.