EXHIBIT 32.0

CERTIFICATION BY THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
           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 filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter  ended March 31, 2005 (the "Report") by Intervest Bancshares Corporation
(the  "Company"),  the  undersigned,  as  the  principal executive and principal
financial  officers  of  the  Company,  hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.
1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to
our  knowledge:

(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/ Jerome Dansker
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Jerome Dansker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 2, 2005



/s/ Lowell S. Dansker
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Lowell S. Dansker, Vice Chairman, President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 2, 2005