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10-K - ANNUAL REPORT - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.novastar_10k.htm
EX-32.2 - PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit31-2.htm
EX-31.1 - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit31-1.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit21-1.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENTS OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP - NOVATION COMPANIES, INC.exhibit23-1.htm
EX-32.2 - PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION FURNISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - 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 Annual Report of NovaStar Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2010, 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: March 22, 2011   /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.