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| **EXHIBIT                    32**

**SECTION 906                    CERTIFICATION BY DWIGHT O. SEEGMILLER**

In connection with the                    quarterly report of Hills Bancorporation (the “Company”) on Form                    10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and                    Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dwight O.                    Seegmiller, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,                    certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2.                                The                    information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,                    the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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| Date:                11/6/07 | By: /s/ Dwight O.                Seegmiller                                          |
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|                         | Dwight O. Seegmiller,                Director, President and Chief Executive Officer |

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| **SECTION 906                    CERTIFICATION BY JAMES G. PRATT**

In connection with the                    quarterly report of Hills Bancorporation (the “Company”) on Form                    10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 as filed with the Securities and                    Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James G.                    Pratt, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant                    to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and

2.                                The                    information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,                    the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
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| Date:                11/6/07 | By: /s/ James G.                Pratt                                            |
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|                         | James G. Pratt, Secretary,                Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer |

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