Form: 8-A12G

Form for registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g)

September 23, 1996

8-A12G: Form for registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g)

Published on September 23, 1996


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
__________

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


RESOURCE MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Virginia 52-1549373
(State of Incorporation or Organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)

4880 Cox Road
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: (804) 967-5800

If this Form relates to the If this Form relates to
registration of a class of the registration of a
debt securities and is class of debt securities
effective upon filing pursuant and is to become effective
to General Instruction A(c)(1) simultaneously with the
please check the following effectiveness of a
box. ______ concurrent registration
statement under the
Securities Act of 1933
pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please
check the following box.
______

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on
to be so Registered Which
Each Class is to be
Registered

None None


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Title of class)

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

A full description of the Registrant's Series C Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, will be contained in
a Rule 424(b) Prospectus Supplement filed hereafter supplementing the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 33-50705, which became
effective on February 2, 1994, which Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

I. A.1. Articles of incorporation as amended (incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-
53494) dated October 20, 1992).

A.2. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated June 26, 1995).

A.3. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein
by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated October 19, 1995).

A.4. Form of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation.

B. Form of Certificate for the Series C Cumulative Convertible
Preferred Stock.

C. Amended Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to (i)
Amendment No. 2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No.
33-19261) dated February 4, 1988 and (ii) the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K dated December 31, 1992).


SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

RESOURCE MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC.


Date: September 20, 1996 By: \s\ Stephen Benedetti
Stephen Benedetti
Vice President