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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-106002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221004
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221004

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Duplantier Jon-Al
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001472434

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38280
		FILM NUMBER:		221294012

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O PARKER DRILLING COMPANY
		STREET 2:		5 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Stellar Bancorp, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001473844
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				208339782
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 210-7600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 110
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Stellar Bancorp. Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20221003

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CBTX, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20171011

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CBFH, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20091005
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        <issuerName>Stellar Bancorp, Inc.</issuerName>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Justin M. Long, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-10-04</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>EXHIBIT&nbsp;A</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Power of Attorney for Section&nbsp;16 Reporting
Obligations</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">Know
all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Robert R. Franklin,&nbsp;Jr., Paul P. Egge,
Shanna Kuzdzal and Justin M. Long, or either of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, the undersigned&rsquo;s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact (each of such persons and their substitutes being referred to herein as the &ldquo;<B><I>Attorney-in-Fact</I></B>&rdquo;),
with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned&rsquo;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prepare,
execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<B><I>SEC</I></B>&rdquo;) a Form&nbsp;ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of the reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&rdquo;), or any rule&nbsp;or regulation of the SEC;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prepare,
execute and submit to the SEC, Stellar Bancorp,&nbsp;Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;), and/or any national securities exchange
on which the Company&rsquo;s securities are listed any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required
to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers advisable to file with the SEC, under Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act
or any rule&nbsp;or regulation thereunder, or under Rule&nbsp;144 (&ldquo;<B><I>Rule&nbsp;144</I></B>&rdquo;) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, with respect to the any security of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5, and Form&nbsp;144; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;obtain,
as the undersigned&rsquo;s representative and on the undersigned&rsquo;s behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company&rsquo;s
equity securities from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees,
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
undersigned acknowledges that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this
Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to such
Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;any
documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;neither
the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibility to comply with the requirements
of Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act or Rule&nbsp;144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements,
or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section&nbsp;16(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this
Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned&rsquo;s obligations under Section&nbsp;16
of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary
or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">The
undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each such Attorney-in-Fact against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts
in the information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack of timeliness in the delivery of information by
or at the direction of the undersigned, to that Attorney-in-Fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing any Forms
3, 4 or 5, or Form&nbsp;144 (including any amendment thereto) and agrees to reimburse the Company and the Attorney-in-Fact on demand for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; background-color: white">This
Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Form&nbsp;144
with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s holdings of and transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to
the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white">[<I>Signature Page&nbsp;Follows</I>]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date written below.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 50%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Jon-Al Duplantier</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Jon-Al Duplantier</FONT></TD></TR>
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    2022</FONT></TD></TR>
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