<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001564590-18-002265.txt : 20180216
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-18-002265
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180215
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180215

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SIERRA BANCORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001130144
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				330937517
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-33063
		FILM NUMBER:		18619389

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		86 NORTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			PORTERVILLE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93257
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5597824900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		86 NORTH MAIN STREET
		CITY:			PORTERVILLE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93257
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:uppercase;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:uppercase;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">I</font><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:uppercase;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;">tem 5.02</font><font style="margin-left:36pt;">DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">At regular Board meetings held on February 15, 2018, the Boards of Sierra Bancorp (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of the Sierra, formally accepted a letter of retirement from Robert L. Fields as a director of those organizations, effective as of the same date.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was designated as a &#8220;director emeritus&#8221; subsequent to his retirement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Fields had been a director of Bank of the Sierra since 1982 and a director of the Sierra Bancorp since its formation in 2000.&nbsp;&nbsp;With the retirement of Mr. Fields, the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors was reduced in size from ten members to nine.</p>
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