Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002




In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Iowa First  Bancshares  Corp.  (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  June 30, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Kim K.
Bartling, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of
2002, that:

(1)  The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of section 15(d) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


/s/ Kim K. Bartling
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Kim K. Bartling
Executive Vice President,
Chief Operating Officer & Treasurer

August 14, 2003


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