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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS
December 2, 1996
VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Pacific Capital Funds
Post Effective Amendment No. 8 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A
(Securities Act File No. 33-57684
Investment Company Act File No. 811-7454)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1993 Act"), Pacific Capital Funds (the "Funds") hereby certifies
that:
(1) the forms of prospectus and statement of additional information
that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Funds' Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent
amendment to the Funds' Registration Statement on Form N-1A;
and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Funds'
Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
22, 1996.
Very truly yours,
PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS
cc: Craig Warren
By: /s/ Gregory Maddox
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Gregory Maddox
Secretary
