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            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <signatureDate>2008-07-30</signatureDate>
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2008-06-16
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0000726601
CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP INC
CCBG
0001243405
HUMPHRESS JOHN KENT
KRAUES HAMPHRESS PACE & WADSWORTH
1040 EAST PARK AVE
TALLAHASSES
FL
33201
1
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2008-06-16
4
G
0
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0
D
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D
Common Stock
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I
Humphress Family Partnership
Common Stock
316
I
JKH IRA PLAN
Common Stock
12019.686
I
Krause Humphress Pace & Wadsworth FBO John K. Humphress
Includes 430.2695 shares bought during 2007 and 2008 under The Company's 1996 Dividend Reinvestment Plan and were exempt from the reporting and short - swing liability provisions of Section 16a-11 promulgated thereunder.
John K. Humphress
2008-07-30