Citizens Bancshares 10-Q 2012 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED

PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The certifications set forth below are hereby submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to, and solely for the purpose of complying with, Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code in connection with the filing on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

Each of the undersigned hereby certifies in their capacity as an officer of Citizens Bancshares Corporation and subsidiary (the “Company”) that, to their knowledge on the date of this certification, the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2012 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the end of such period and the results of operations of the Company for such period.

Date: August 14, 2012	By:	/s/ Cynthia N. Day
	Cynthia N. Day
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 14, 2012	By:	/s/ Samuel J. Cox
	Samuel J. Cox
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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