Abstract. We give many examples of surfaces of general type with p g = 0 for which Bloch's conjecture holds, for all values of K 2 = 9. Our surfaces are equipped with an involution.Let S be a smooth complex projective surface with p g (S) = 0. Bloch's conjecture states that the Albanese map A 0 (S) 0 → Alb(S) is an isomorphism, where A 0 (S) 0 is the Chow group of 0-cycles of degree 0 on S. It is known for all surfaces except those of general type (see [BKL]). For a surface S of general type with p g (S) = 0 we also have q(S) = 0, i.e., Alb(S) = 0 and the canonical divisor satisfies 1 ≤ K 2 ≤ 9. In the decades since this conjecture was formulated, surfaces of general type have become somewhat better understood. Two key developments have been (i) the results of S. Kimura on finite dimensional motives in [Ki] and (ii) the notion of the transcendental motive t 2 (S) which was introduced in [KMP]. This includes the theorem that if S is a surface with p g (S) = q(S) = 0 then Bloch's conjecture holds for S iff t 2 (S) = 0; see Lemma 1.5.In this paper we give motivic proofs of Bloch's conjecture for several examples of surfaces of general type for each value of K 2 between 1 and 8. This includes some numerical Godeaux surfaces, classical Campedelli surfaces, Keum-Naie surfaces, Burniat surfaces and Inoue's surfaces. All these surfaces carry an involution. We can say nothing about the remaining case K 2 = 9, because a surface of general type with p g = 0 and K 2 = 9 has no involution ([DMP, 2.3]). Bloch's conjecture is satisfied by all surfaces whose minimal models arise as quotients C 1 × C 2 /G of the product of two curves of genera ≥ 2 by the action of a finite group G. A complete classification of these surfaces has been given in [BCGP] and [BCG, 0.1]; the special case where G acts freely only occurs when K 2 S = 8. We also show in Corollary 7.8 that Bloch's conjecture holds for surfaces with an involution σ for which K 2 = 8 and S/σ is rational. The only known examples withDate: April 24, 2013.