NOVATION COMPANIES, INC. - FORM 10-Q - EX-32.1 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION - SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY - November 12, 2009

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10-Q - QUARTERLY REPORT - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.novastar_10q.htm
EX-31.2 - PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION - SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit31-2.htm
EX-31.1 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION - SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit31-1.htm
EX-32.2 - PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION - SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit32-2.htm

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 Novastar Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, W. Lance Anderson, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive 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 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.

Date: November 12, 2009    /s/ W. Lance Anderson 
    W. Lance Anderson 
    Chairman of the Board of Directors and 
    Chief Executive Officer 

This certification is made solely for purpose of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, subject to the knowledge standard contained therein, and not for any other purpose.

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