<PAGE> 1
SIERRA TRUST FUNDS
STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j)
Sierra Trust Funds (the "Trust") hereby certifies that the forms of prospectuses
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 033-27489 and 811-05775)
which was filed electronically on October 30, 1997 (Accession No.
0000950150-97-001507).
Sierra Trust Funds
Date: November 4, 1997 /s/ KEITH B. PIPES
----------------------------
By: Keith B. Pipes
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
