UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                December 9, 2005
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                        (Date of earliest event reported)
                                 Date of Report

                           Access National Corporation
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         Virginia                      000-49929                 82-0545425
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(State or other jurisdiction          (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)               File Number)           Identification No.)


              1800 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 300, Reston, VA 20191
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (703) 871-2100
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       n/a
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
          Year.

The Board of Directors of Access National Corporation ("Access") amended Access'
Articles of Incorporation, effective December 9, 2005, to effect a two for one
stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Access and
thereby increasing the authorized common shares from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000. A
copy of the amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2.




Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)  Not applicable.
     (b)  Not applicable.
     (c)  Exhibits:

          3.2  Articles of Amendment




                                   Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            ACCESS NATIONAL CORPORATION
                                            (Registrant)


Date: December 14, 2005                     By:    /s/  Michael W. Clarke
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                                            Name:  Michael W. Clarke
                                            Title: President and Chief Executive
                                                   Officer