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| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> |
| <ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0508 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2023-08-11 </periodOfReport> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000722313 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> NORTECH SYSTEMS INC </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> NSYS </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001763545 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Lindeen John </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 7550 MERIDIAN CIRCLE N </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> SUITE 150 </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> MAPLE GROVE </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> MN </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 55369 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> false </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> true </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> false </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> false </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle> SR VP - GLOBAL OPERATIONS </officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <aff10b5One> 0 </aff10b5One> |
| <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable> |
| <derivativeTable> |
| | <derivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock Options </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| <value> 9.94 </value> |
| </conversionOrExercisePrice> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2023-08-11 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> A </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 2000 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 0 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <exerciseDate> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </exerciseDate> |
| | | <expirationDate> |
| <value> 2033-08-11 </value> |
| </expirationDate> |
| | | <underlyingSecurity> |
| <underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityTitle> |
| <underlyingSecurityShares> |
| <value> 2000 </value> |
| </underlyingSecurityShares> |
| </underlyingSecurity> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 2000 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value></value> |
| </natureOfOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </derivativeTransaction> |
| | </derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> The options shall vest in five cumulative installments, with twenty percent (20%) of the total grant becoming exercisable on the first anniversary of the grant date (the "Vesting Date"), and additional twenty percent (20%) over the next four years on the Vesting Dates. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks> This Form 4 is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error. Exhibit 24.1 Power of Attorney </remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> Gioia Gentile, by power of attorney for John Lindeen </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2024-02-13 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |
