Exhibit 32.2

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

I, Dennis J. Zember Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ameris Bancorp (the “Company”), do hereby certify, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

1. The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Periodic Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:	March 1, 2013	/s/ Dennis J. Zember Jr.
		Dennis J. Zember Jr.,
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(principal accounting and financial officer)