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                                               UNITED STATES                                                      SEC USE ONLY
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                                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
                                                  Washington, D.C. 20549                                   ---------------------------
                                                                                                                 CUSIP NUMBER
                                                         FORM 144                                          ---------------------------
                                                                                                                 WORK LOCATION
                                           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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  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)             (b) IRS IDENT. NO.          (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
       Humboldt Bancorp                                       93-1175446                   000-27784
  
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  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER              STREET         CITY           STATE                     ZIP CODE               (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                                    AREA CODE  NUMBER
       2440 Sixth Street,                            Eureka,          CA                        95502                 (707),445-3233
  
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  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.       (c) RELATIONSHIP TO    (d) ADDRESS       STREET      CITY        ZIP CODE
       ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE                                ISSUER
       TO BE SOLD
                                                                                        2440 Sixth Street, Eureka, CA 95502
       Theodore S. Mason                    N/A                  Director
  
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  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)          (d)          (e)            (f)          (g)
  Title of the   Name and Address of Each Broker     Broker-Dealer     Number of    Aggregate   Number of      Approximate  Name of
  Class of       Through Whom the Securities are      File Number      Shares or    Market      Shares or      Date of      Each
  Securities     to be Offered or Each Market                          Other Units  Value       Other Units    Sale (See    Securities
  to be Sold     Maker who is Acquiring the                            to be Sold   (See instr. Outstanding    instr. 3(f)) Exchange
                 Securities                                            (See instr.  3(d))       (See instr.    (MO DAY YR.) (See
                                                                       3(d))                    3(e))                       instr.
                                                                                                                            3(g))
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  Common         D.A. Davidson                                         10,000      $149,400     10,532,753     08/06/02     Nasdaq
                 2 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400
                 Lake Oswego, OR  97034
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  INSTRUCTIONS
  1. (a) Name of Issuer                           3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number       (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. number, if any                  be sold
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code        (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including            aggregate face amount)
         area code                                   (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
                                                     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
                                                         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
                                                         report or statement published by the issuer
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the        (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
         securities are to be sold                   (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. Identification             intended to be sold
         number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer
         (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate
         family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  SEC 1147 (9-93)
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                                                       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:
  
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  Title of      Date You    Nature of Acquisition      Name of Person from         Amount of          Date of        Nature of Payment
  the Class     Acquired    Transaction                Whom Acquired (If           Securities         Payment
                                                       gift, also give date        Acquired
                                                       donor acquired)
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   Common       6/16/00     Stock Option Exercise      Humboldt Bancorp              7,902            6/16/00              Cash
   Common       9/8/99      Stock Option Exercise      Humboldt Bancorp              1,438            9/8/99               Cash
   Common       2/7/00      Stock Dividend             Humboldt Bancorp              1,443            2/7/00               N/A
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. If the securities were purchased and full            2. If within two years after the acquisition of the
     payment therefore was not made in cash at               securities the person for whose
     the time of purchase, explain in the table              account they are to be sold had any short positions,
     or in a note thereto the nature of the                  put or other option to dispose of securities
     consisted of any note or other obligation,              referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish
     consideration given. If the consideration               full information with respect thereto.
     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
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  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.
  
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                                                                                                        Amount of           Gross
  Name and Address of Seller                 Title of Securities Sold              Date of Sale      Securities Sold       Proceeds
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  Theodore S. Mason
  2440 Sixth Street, Eureka, CA  95502               Common                        7/26/02                10,000           $165,215
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  REMARKS:
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:                                                ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph                  The person for whose account the securities to
  (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given                  which this notice relates are to be sold hereby
  not only as to the person for whose account                  represents by signing this notice that he does
  the securities are to be sold but also as                    not know any material adverse information in
  to sales by all persons whose sales are                      regard to the current and prospective operations
  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be                  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which
  aggregated with sales for the account of the                 has not been publicly disclosed.
  person filing this notice.
  
           August 6, 2002                                       /S/ THEODORE S. MASON
      __________________________                               _________________________
           (DATE OF NOTICE)                                         (SIGNATURE)
  
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be
  manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  
     ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
  
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text: UNITED STATES                                                      SEC USE ONLY
                                                                                                           ---------------------------
                                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
                                                  Washington, D.C. 20549                                   ---------------------------
                                                                                                                 CUSIP NUMBER
                                                         FORM 144                                          ---------------------------
                                                                                                                 WORK LOCATION
                                           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
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)             (b) IRS IDENT. NO.          (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  
       Humboldt Bancorp                                       93-1175446                   000-27784
  
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  1(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER              STREET         CITY           STATE                     ZIP CODE               (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                                                                                                    AREA CODE  NUMBER
       2440 Sixth Street,                            Eureka,          CA                        95502                 (707),445-3233
  
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  2(a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE     (b) IRS IDENT. NO.       (c) RELATIONSHIP TO    (d) ADDRESS       STREET      CITY        ZIP CODE
       ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE                                ISSUER
       TO BE SOLD
                                                                                        2440 Sixth Street, Eureka, CA 95502
       Theodore S. Mason                    N/A                  Director
  
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  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)          (d)          (e)            (f)          (g)
  Title of the   Name and Address of Each Broker     Broker-Dealer     Number of    Aggregate   Number of      Approximate  Name of
  Class of       Through Whom the Securities are      File Number      Shares or    Market      Shares or      Date of      Each
  Securities     to be Offered or Each Market                          Other Units  Value       Other Units    Sale (See    Securities
  to be Sold     Maker who is Acquiring the                            to be Sold   (See instr. Outstanding    instr. 3(f)) Exchange
                 Securities                                            (See instr.  3(d))       (See instr.    (MO DAY YR.) (See
                                                                       3(d))                    3(e))                       instr.
                                                                                                                            3(g))
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  Common         D.A. Davidson                                         10,000      $149,400     10,532,753     08/06/02     Nasdaq
                 2 Centerpointe Drive, Suite 400
                 Lake Oswego, OR  97034
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  INSTRUCTIONS
  1. (a) Name of Issuer                           3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number       (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to
     (c) Issuer's S.E.C. number, if any                  be sold
     (d) Issuer's address, including zip code        (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
     (e) Issuer's telephone number, including            aggregate face amount)
         area code                                   (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
                                                     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
                                                         securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
                                                         report or statement published by the issuer
  2. (a) Name of person for whose account the        (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
         securities are to be sold                   (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
     (b) Such person's I.R.S. Identification             intended to be sold
         number, if such person is an entity
     (c) Such person's relationship to the issuer
         (e.g., officer, director, 10%
         stockholder, or member of immediate
         family of any of the foregoing)
     (d) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  SEC 1147 (9-93)
  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:
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  Title of      Date You    Nature of Acquisition      Name of Person from         Amount of          Date of        Nature of Payment
  the Class     Acquired    Transaction                Whom Acquired (If           Securities         Payment
                                                       gift, also give date        Acquired
                                                       donor acquired)
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   Common       6/16/00     Stock Option Exercise      Humboldt Bancorp              7,902            6/16/00              Cash
   Common       9/8/99      Stock Option Exercise      Humboldt Bancorp              1,438            9/8/99               Cash
   Common       2/7/00      Stock Dividend             Humboldt Bancorp              1,443            2/7/00               N/A
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. If the securities were purchased and full            2. If within two years after the acquisition of the
     payment therefore was not made in cash at               securities the person for whose
     the time of purchase, explain in the table              account they are to be sold had any short positions,
     or in a note thereto the nature of the                  put or other option to dispose of securities
     consisted of any note or other obligation,              referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish
     consideration given. If the consideration               full information with respect thereto.
     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
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  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.
  
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                                                                                                        Amount of           Gross
  Name and Address of Seller                 Title of Securities Sold              Date of Sale      Securities Sold       Proceeds
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  Theodore S. Mason
  2440 Sixth Street, Eureka, CA  95502               Common                        7/26/02                10,000           $165,215
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  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:                                                ATTENTION:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph                  The person for whose account the securities to
  (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given                  which this notice relates are to be sold hereby
  not only as to the person for whose account                  represents by signing this notice that he does
  the securities are to be sold but also as                    not know any material adverse information in
  to sales by all persons whose sales are                      regard to the current and prospective operations
  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be                  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which
  aggregated with sales for the account of the                 has not been publicly disclosed.
  person filing this notice.
  
           August 6, 2002                                       /S/ THEODORE S. MASON
      __________________________                               _________________________
           (DATE OF NOTICE)                                         (SIGNATURE)
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be
  manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
     ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).