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        </div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
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Unassociated Document
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        DC 20549
FORM
        8-K
CURRENT
        REPORT PURSUANT
TO
        SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date
                    of earliest
                    event reported)
October 26, 2005
Heritage
                    Oaks Bancorp
(Exact
                    Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
                    Charter)
California
(State
                    or Other Jurisdiction
of
                    Incorporation)
000-05020
77-0388249
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification No.)
545
                  12
th
Street, Paso Robles CA
93446
(Address
                  of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
                  Code)
(805)
                    239-5200
(
Registrant's
                    Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former
                    Name or Former Address, if Changed Since
                    Last Report)
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions (
see
General
        Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications pursuant to
                Rule 425
                under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
                14a-12
                under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
                to
                Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
                to
                Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
                240.13e-4(c))
ITEM
        8.01
OTHER
        EVENTS
On,
        October 21, 2005 the Board of Directors of Heritage Oaks Bancorp declared
        a
        three-for-two stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock
.
The
        effective date (record date) of the stock split will be November 10, 2005.
        Each
        shareholder of record on November 10, 2005 will receive one additional share
        of
        HEOP common stock for every two shares owned, with any resulting fractional
        share settled in cash. The payment date for the distribution of the additional
        shares will be December 2, 2005.
ITEM
        9.01 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c)
Exhibits
99.1
Press
                  Release dated October 24, 2005
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
        duly authorized.
Date: October 26, 2005
Heritage
                  Oaks Bancorp
By:
/s/ Lawrence
                Ward
Lawrence
                  Ward
President
                  and Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ Margaret
                  Torres
Margaret
                      Torres
Chief
                      Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Press
                  Release dated October 24, 2005