Exhibit 32

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year  ended December 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. Section
1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to  Section 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)
February 23, 2006

/s/ Lowell S. Dansker
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Lowell S. Dansker, Vice Chairman, President and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 23, 2006




A  signed  original  of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document  authenticating,  acknowledging,  or  otherwise adopting the signatures
that  appear  in  typed  form  within  the  electronic  version  of this written
statement  required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be
retained  by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
or  its  staff  upon  request.