Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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Form 3 Holdings Reported
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SAMPSON CURTIS A
 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC [JCS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)

PO BOX 777, S MAIN ST		 3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2010
(Street)


HECTOR, MN 55342		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
01/11/2011		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(check applicable line)

_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock             1,071.079 D  
Common Stock             7,000 I see footnote (1)
Common Stock             41,355 I see footnote (2)
Common Stock             16,323 I see footnote (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 11.82           05/18/2010 05/18/2020 Common Stock
3,000
  3,000
D
 
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 9.73           05/21/2009 05/21/2019 Common Stock
3,000
  3,000
D
 
Non-Qualified Stock Option $ 11.41           05/21/2008 05/21/2018 Common Stock
3,000
  3,000
D
 

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SAMPSON CURTIS A
PO BOX 777
S MAIN ST
HECTOR, MN 55342		   X   X    

Signatures

/s/ Curtis A. Sampson 01/26/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Shares held in a 1989 irrevocable trust
(2) Shares held in the Communications Systems Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CSI ESOP). Mr. Sampson is a trustee of the CSI ESOP and disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of the issuer held by the CSI ESOP in excess of the shares allocated to his individual CSI ESOP account, which total 41,355 shares.
(3) Shares held by Mr. Sampson's spouse. Mr. Sampson disclaims beneficial ownership of shares of the Issuer registered in the name of his spouse.
 
Remarks:
This Form 5 presents, as of December 31, 2010, the Reporting Person's beneficial ownership of shares of the Issuer's common stock for purposes of Section 16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Sampson disclaims any beneficial ownership of the shares of the Issuer owned by the Sampson Family Foundation. Although Mr. Sampson is the president and manager of the Sampson Family Foundation and makes investment decisions regarding the Foundation's securities transactions, by virtue of the Foundation's status as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, the Reporting Person may not, and in fact, does not personally derive any profit from the Foundation's transactions in the Issuer's common stock. As a result, for purposes of Section 16(b), Mr. Sampson has never been and is not currently the beneficial owner of any securities held by the Sampson Family Foundation, including the Issuer's common stock, and the inadvertent reporting of transactions in the Issuer's securities by the Sampson Family Foundation on previous Form 4s filed by this Reporting Person should be disregarded.

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