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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2013-05-07</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2013-05-16</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001311828</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Independence Bancshares, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IEBS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001225708</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WILLUMSTAD ROBERT B</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O INDEPENDENCE BANCSHARES INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>500 EAST WASHINGTON ST</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>29601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CHAIRMAN</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO BUY)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.8</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2013-03-27</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-03-27</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>181250</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">THESE SHARES WERE OMITTED FROM THE REPORTING PERSON'S ORIGINAL FORM 3 FILED ON MAY 16, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">ON MARCH 27, 2013, THE REPORTING PERSON WAS GRANTED AN OPTION TO PURCHASE 725,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AT $0.80 PER SHARE.  THE OPTION IMMEDIATELY VESTED FOR 181,250 SHARES, OR 25% OF THE SHARES.  THE OPTION FOR THE REMAINING 543,750 SHARES, OR 75% OF THE SHARES, WOULD VEST RATABLY EVERY SIX MONTHS, BEGINNING JUNE 30, 2013, PROVIDED THAT AT EACH VESTING DATE, A CERTAIN PERFORMANCE CONDITION WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUER HAD BEEN SATISFIED. IF THIS PERFORMANCE CONDITION WAS NOT SATISFIED PRIOR TO THE APPLICABLE VESTING DATE, THEN NO SHARES WOULD VEST ON SUCH VESTING DATE, AND THEN UPON THE DATE THAT THE PERFORMANCE CONDITION WAS SATISFIED, ALL SHARES THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE VESTED WOULD IMMEDIATELY VEST.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert B. Willumstad by Nelson Mullins Riley &amp; Scarborough LLP with Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-07-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
