UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

Commission File Number: 000-51907

INDEPENDENCE BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

500 East Washington Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29601
(864) 672-1776
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)	[X]
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)	[  ]
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)	[  ]
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)	[  ]
Rule 15d-6	[  ]
Rule 15d-22(b)	[  ]

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:  0 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Independence Bancshares, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date: January 31, 2018	By:	/s/ F. R. Saunders, Jr.
	F. R. Saunders, Jr.
	President and Chief Executive Officer of
	First Reliance Bancshares, Inc.
	(Successor by Merger to Independence Bancshares, Inc.)