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SIERRA ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIOS
STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j)
The Sierra Asset Management Portfolios (the "Trust") hereby certifies
that the form of the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information, that
would have been filed under Paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, would not have differed from those contained in
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(File Nos. 333-01999 and 811-07577) which was filed electronically on Monday,
July 22, 1996 (Accession No. 0000950150-96-000711).
Sierra Asset Management
Portfolios
Dated: July 25, 1996 By /s/ Keith B. Pipes
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Name: Keith B. Pipes
Title: Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and Secretary