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PACIFIC CAPITAL FUNDS
3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, Ohio
December 10, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Pacific Capital Funds
Rule 497(j) Certificate
File Nos. 33-57684
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is in reference to the prospectus and statement of additional
information included as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to the Form
N-1A Registration Statement of Pacific Capital Funds (the "Funds"), which
became effective on December 1, 1998. The Fund hereby certifies that the forms
of prospectuses and statement of additional information that would have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act of
1933 would not have differed from those contained in the Amendment, and that
the text of the most recent amendment to such Registration Statement has been
filed electronically.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Greg Maddox
Greg Maddox
Secretary
