UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently
with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale
or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
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DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

CUSIP NUMBER
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or  print)
Civista Bancshares Inc
(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
025980
WORK LOCATION
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER	STREET	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE
100 East Water Street	Sandusky	OH	44870
(b)
(e) TELEPHONE NO.

AREA CODE
800
NUMBER
645-4121
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
W Michael McLaughlin

  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
Officer
(c) ADDRESS STREET	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE

18543 Running Deer Lane, Lawrenceburg IN 47025

INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact
the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number
and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)
(b)
SEC USE ONLY
(c)
Number of Shares or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
(d)
Aggregate Market Value
(See instr. 3(d))
(e)
Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
(f)
Approximate Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO.   DAY   YR.)
(g)
Name of Each Securities Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities
are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring
the Securities

Broker-Dealer File Number






Common
Ameriprise
5905 E Galbraith Road Suite 4200 Cincinnati OH  45236


1,663

35,545.13


2/20/2019

NASDAQ

Common
  Ameriprise
5905 E Galbraith Road Suite 4200 Cincinnati OH  45236


9,337

196,640.95


2/20/2019

NASDAQ








INSTRUCTIONS:	3 .  (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
1. (a) Name of issuer (b) Name and address of each broker through
    whom the securities are intended to be sold
(b) Issuers I.R.S. Identification Number
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities,
    give the aggregate face amount)
(c) Issuers S.E.C. file number, if any
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
    date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(d) Issuers address, including zip code
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
    securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown
(e) Issuers telephone number, including area code by the most
    recent report or statement published by the  issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be  sold
2. (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities
    are intended to be  sold
(b) Such persons relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director,
    10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(c) Such persons address, including zip code
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in  this form are not required to respond unless the form
displays a currently valid OMB control number.SEC 1147 (08-07)

TABLE I SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition
of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of
all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:


1






INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment
therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain
in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration
given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation,
or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the
last installment paid.
TABLE II SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer
sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
securities are to be sold.


Name and Address of Seller

Title of Securities Sold

Date of Sale
  Amount of Securities Sold

Gross Proceeds





REMARKS:


INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of person in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information
is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities
are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.
In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales
are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the
account of the person filing this notice.
February 20, 2019

ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to which this notice
relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he
does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current
and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which
has not been publicly disclosed. If such person  has  adopted a written trading
plan or given trading instructions  to  satisfy  Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange
Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or
the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan
adoption or instruction date.
/s/ W Michael McLaughlin


DATE OF NOTICE	(SIGNATURE)


DATE OF  PLAN ADOPTION OR  GIVING OF   INSTRUCTION,

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold. At least one copy IF RELYING ON  RULE 10B5-1 of  the  notice  shall
be  manually  signed. Any  copies  not  manually  signed  shall  bear  typed or
printed signatures.
SEC  1147  (02-08)