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What happened to First Independent Bank?
First Independent Bank in Vancouver, WA closed voluntarily on Mar 1, 2012. It did not fail.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1910First Independent Bank opens in Vancouver, WA
- Mar 1, 2012CLOSEDFirst Independent Bank closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 1500 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from First Independent Bank
A lien that was never released
First Independent Bank closed voluntarily, and the FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that closed voluntarily and liquidated or closed without government assistance. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.
Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.
An old account, passbook or CD
With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of Washington, where the box was.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
28 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 8 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 8015 NE Highway 99Vancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 1408 Se 164th AveVancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 2515 Ne 134th St, Ste 100Vancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 601 W Main StBattle Ground, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 10705 Ne Fourth Plain BlvdVancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 167 Ne 2nd StStevenson, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 11515 Se Mill Plain BlvdVancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 3301 E Fourth Plain BlvdVancouver, WA | OpenColumbia Bank |
| 228 Simon StreetRidgefield, WA | No longer reported |
| 6501 Mill Plain BoulevardVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 2911 Se Village LoopVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 415 Se 177th AvenueVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 5500 Ne 82nd AvenueVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 1220 Main StreetVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 305 Pacific HighwayLA Center, WA | No longer reported |
| 4500 Ne Saint Johns RoadVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 1251 Lewis River Road, Suite AWoodland, WA | No longer reported |
| 111 North Oak StreetBingen, WA | No longer reported |
| 14605 Ne Fourth Plain RoadSifton, WA | No longer reported |
| 17600 N.E. Delfel RoadVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 2411 Se 8th AvenueCamas, WA | No longer reported |
| 7118 Ne Fourth Plain Blvd.Vancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 8405 Northwest Vancouver Mall DriveVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
| 21417 Ne 72nd AvenueBattle Ground, WA | No longer reported |
| 15805 Ne Caples RoadBrush Prairie, WA | No longer reported |
| 11225 Se 6th Street, Suite 1Bellevue, WA | No longer reported |
| 1252 Wind River HighwayCarson, WA | No longer reported |
| 2911 Se Village LoopVancouver, WA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Independent Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge BankStevenson, WA | Apr 2, 1984 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 1500 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.