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      shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Severn Bancorp, Inc.
      Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) being registered pursuant to this
      Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
      recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
      of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
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      457(h), based upon the price at which stock options covered by this Registration
      Statement may be exercised and, in the case where such price is not known,
      upon
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      per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), offered to certain key employees and directors of
      the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan. The documents containing
      the
      information required in Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or
      given to each participant in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
      the
      Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), but constitute (along with the documents
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item
      3 of
      Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
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      such participant, without charge, any document incorporated by reference in
      Item
      3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which is incorporated by reference
      into the Section 10(a) prospectus, and any document required to be delivered
      to
      a participant in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act.
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      requests should be directed to Human Resources, 1919A West Street, Annapolis,
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      15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
      and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates
      that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
      securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
      reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
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      in a
      document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
      herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
      to
      be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in
      such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
      except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
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      Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide that Registrant shall, to the
      fullest extent permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, indemnify
      any director or officer who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
      party to any threatened, pending, or completed action suit, or proceeding,
      whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative because such person
      is
      or was a director, officer, or employee or agent of Registrant or any
      predecessor. The relevant provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law
      permit a corporation to indemnify any director made a party to any proceeding
      by
      reason of services in that capacity if the director acted in good faith and
      reasonably believed that (i) in the case of conduct in the director's official
      capacity with the corporation, such conduct was in the best interest of the
      corporation, and (ii) in all other cases, such conduct was at least not opposed
      to the best interest of the corporation. In the case of any criminal
      proceedings, the director must have had no reasonable cause to believe that
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      including attorney's fees, actually incurred by the director in connection
      with
      the proceeding. However, if the proceeding was won by or in the right of
      Registrant, indemnification may be made only against reasonable expenses and
      may
      not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the director shall have been
      adjudged liable to Registrant. In addition, no indemnity is permitted to a
      director with respect to any proceeding charging improper personal benefit,
      whether or not involving action in the director's official capacity, in which
      the director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was
      improperly received. Maryland law provides that a director who has been
      successful in the defense of a proceeding shall be indemnified against
      reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. The provision
      also permits the advancement of reasonable expenses if the director undertakes
      to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the director has not
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      and
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                page)</font></div>
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      pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
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      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
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      pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise,
      the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
      indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
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      indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
      Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
      person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
      proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
      connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will,
      unless in the opinion of its counsel the question has already been settled
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      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of
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      full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his name,
      place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments,
      including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, to this Registration
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      exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
      agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
      requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and
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      ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
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svbi041206s8
As
      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2006
Registration
      No. 333-
[
      ]
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEVERN
      BANCORP, INC.
(Exact
      name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
52-1726127
(State
                of Incorporation)
(I.R.S.
                Employer Identification No.)
1919A
      West Street
Annapolis,
      Maryland 21401
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
Severn
      Bancorp, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(Full
      title of the plan)
Alan
      J.
      Hyatt
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Severn
      Bancorp, Inc.
1919A
      West Street
Annapolis,
      Maryland 21401
(410)
      268-4554
(Name
      and
      address of agent for service)
Copies
      of Communications To:
Edward
      L.
      Lublin, Esq.
Francis
      E. Dehel, Esq.
Karim
      K.
      Shehadeh, Esq.
Blank
      Rome LLP
600
      New
      Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington,
      DC 20037
(202)
      772-5800
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Securities
To
                be Registered
Amount
                to be Registered (1)
Proposed
                Maximum
Offering
Price
                per Share(2)
Proposed
                Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
                Price
Amount
                of
Registration
                Fee
Common
                Stock, par value $.01 per share
158,400
$18.09
$2,864,697.00
$308.53
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(c), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
      shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Severn Bancorp, Inc.
      Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") being registered pursuant to this
      Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
      recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
      of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
      outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
      solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
      457(h), based upon the price at which stock options covered by this Registration
      Statement may be exercised and, in the case where such price is not known,
      upon
      the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, reported on
      the
      Nasdaq Capital Market within five business days prior to the filing of this
      registration statement.
PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(
a
)
      of PROSPECTUS
ITEM
      1. PLAN INFORMATION
Severn
      Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form
      S-8 in order to register up to 158,400 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01
      per share ("Common Stock"), offered to certain key employees and directors of
      the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan. The documents containing
      the
      information required in Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or
      given to each participant in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
      the
      Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), but constitute (along with the documents
      incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item
      3 of
      Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of
      the
      Securities Act.
ITEM
      2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL
      INFORMATION
Upon
      written
      or oral request by a participant in the Plan, the Registrant will provide to
      such participant, without charge, any document incorporated by reference in
      Item
      3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which is incorporated by reference
      into the Section 10(a) prospectus, and any document required to be delivered
      to
      a participant in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act.
      All
      requests should be directed to Human Resources, 1919A West Street, Annapolis,
      Maryland 21401, telephone number (410) 268-4554.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM
      3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
      following documents, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
      are
      incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
·
The
              Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
              31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
              22,
              2006.
·
The
              Registrant's Proxy Statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005,
              filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2006.
·
All
              other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or
              15(d)
              of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
              since the end of the fiscal year December 31, 2005.
·
The
              description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
              Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-49731), as filed with
              the
              Commission on June 7, 2002, including any amendment or report filed
              for
              the purpose of updating such description.
All
      documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
      15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
      and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates
      that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all
      securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
      reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
      documents.
For
      purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained herein or
      in a
      document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
      herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
      to
      be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in
      such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
      except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
      Statement.
ITEM
      4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not
      applicable.
ITEM
      5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Edward
      L.
      Lublin, a Partner at Blank Rome LLP, outside counsel to the Registrant, has
      a
      substantial interest in the Registrant by virtue of his ownership of shares
      of
      Registrant's Common Stock.
ITEM
      6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Registrant's
      Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide that Registrant shall, to the
      fullest extent permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, indemnify
      any director or officer who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
      party to any threatened, pending, or completed action suit, or proceeding,
      whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative because such person
      is
      or was a director, officer, or employee or agent of Registrant or any
      predecessor. The relevant provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law
      permit a corporation to indemnify any director made a party to any proceeding
      by
      reason of services in that capacity if the director acted in good faith and
      reasonably believed that (i) in the case of conduct in the director's official
      capacity with the corporation, such conduct was in the best interest of the
      corporation, and (ii) in all other cases, such conduct was at least not opposed
      to the best interest of the corporation. In the case of any criminal
      proceedings, the director must have had no reasonable cause to believe that
      the
      conduct was unlawful.
Indemnification
      may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses,
      including attorney's fees, actually incurred by the director in connection
      with
      the proceeding. However, if the proceeding was won by or in the right of
      Registrant, indemnification may be made only against reasonable expenses and
      may
      not be made in respect of any proceeding in which the director shall have been
      adjudged liable to Registrant. In addition, no indemnity is permitted to a
      director with respect to any proceeding charging improper personal benefit,
      whether or not involving action in the director's official capacity, in which
      the director was adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was
      improperly received. Maryland law provides that a director who has been
      successful in the defense of a proceeding shall be indemnified against
      reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. The provision
      also permits the advancement of reasonable expenses if the director undertakes
      to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the director has not
      met
      the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification. Officers, employees
      and
      agents of Registrant may be indemnified by Registrant to the same extent as
      directors.
Registrant's
      Bylaws also provide that to the extent permitted by Maryland law, no director
      or
      officer of Registrant shall be liable to Registrant or its stockholders for
      money damages.
Registrant
      currently maintains an insurance policy that provides coverage pursuant to
      which
      the Registrant is to be reimbursed for amounts it may be required or permitted
      by law to pay to indemnify directors and officers.
ITEM
      7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
      applicable.
ITEM
      8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
                Number
Description
4.1
Articles
                of Incorporation of Severn Bancorp, Inc., as amended
                (1)
4.2
Bylaws
                of Severn Bancorp, Inc.(2)
5.1
Opinion
                of Blank Rome LLP
23.1
Consent
                of Blank Rome LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
                of Beard Miller Company LLP
24.1
Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature
                page)
(1)
      Incorporated by reference to Exhibit bearing the same number in Registrant's
      Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission on June 7, 2002.
(2)
      Incorporated by reference to Exhibit bearing the same number in Registrant's
      2003 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25,
      2004.
ITEM
      9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a)
The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
to
      file,
      during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
to
      include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933
      Act;
(ii)
to
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
to
      include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
      previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
      such information in the Registration Statement;
provided
      however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not apply if the
      Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, and the information required
      to
      be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
      in
      periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
      the
      1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
      Statement.
(2)
that,
      for
      purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
      such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
(3)
to
      remove
      from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
      being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(b)
The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
      any
      liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
      annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
      (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
      pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
      in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at the time shall be deemed to be an initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
(c)
Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may
      be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
      pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise,
      the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
      indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
      of
      1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
      indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
      Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
      person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
      proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
      connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will,
      unless in the opinion of its counsel the question has already been settled
      by
      controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
      question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
      expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
      adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of
      Annapolis, State of Maryland, on this 11th day of April, 2006.
SEVERN
      BANCORP, INC. (Registrant)
By:
Alan
      J. Hyatt
Alan
      J.
      Hyatt
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
      OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
      constitutes and appoints Alan J. Hyatt and Thomas G. Bevivino, and each of
      them
      with power to act alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
      full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his name,
      place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments,
      including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, to this Registration
      Statement, and any additional registration statements to be filed pursuant
      to
      Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
      exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the
      Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
      agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
      requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and
      to
      all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person hereby
      ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
      substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof in connection
      with effecting the filing of the Registration Statement.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
      has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Alan J. Hyatt
Alan
      J.
      Hyatt
Chairman
      of the Board,
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      S.
      Scott Kirkley
S.
      Scott
      Kirkley, Senior Vice President,
Secretary,
      Treasurer and Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Melvin E. Meekins, Jr.
Melvin
      E.
      Meekins, Jr., Executive Vice President
and
      Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
Melvin
      Hyatt
Melvin
      Hyatt, Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Ronald P. Pennington
Ronald
      P.
      Pennington, Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      T.
      Theodore Schultz
T.
      Theodore Schultz, Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Albert W. Shields
Albert
      W.
      Shields, Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Louis DiPasquale, Jr.
Louis
      DiPasquale, Jr., Director
April
      11,
      2006
/s/
      Keith Stock
Keith
      Stock, Director
EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                Number
Description
5.1
Opinion
                of Blank Rome LLP
23.1
Consent
                of Blank Rome LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
                of Beard Miller Company LLP
24.1
Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature
                page)