Exhibit 32.1

Statement of Chief Executive Officer and Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
ss.1350


      In connection with the Quarterly Report of Highlands Bankshares, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2004, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the
undersigned, as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer,
respectively, of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2003, that:

      1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
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/ C. E. PORTER
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                                 C. E. Porter
                                 Chief Executive Officer


                                 /s/ R. ALAN MILLER
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                                 R. Alan Miller
                                 Chief Financial Officer


Date:  November 12, 2004