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What happened to The Riggs National Bank of Virginia?
The Riggs National Bank of Virginia in Merrifield, VA (earlier called Guaranty Bank and Trust Company) merged into Riggs Bank National Association of Mclean, VA on Mar 29, 1996. The chain runs 1 step further and ends with no operating bank.
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.
- 1964Guaranty Bank and Trust Company opens in Merrifield, VA
- Dec 8, 1986renamed The Riggs National Bank of Virginia
- Mar 29, 1996MERGEDThe Riggs National Bank of Virginia merged into Riggs Bank National Association of Mclean, VA.FDIC certificate 19124 ends; its business continues under certificate 2095.
- May 16, 2005CLOSEDRiggs Bank National Association of Mclean, VA closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 2095 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from The Riggs National Bank of Virginia
A lien that was never released
The Riggs National Bank of Virginia 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 Virginia, 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
18 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2601 Clarendon BlvdArlington, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 950 Herndon PkwyHerndon, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 8315 Lee HwyFairfax, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 353 Maple Ave EVienna, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 14910 Diamond View WayWoodbridge, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7267 Arlington BlvdFalls Church, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1801 North Lynn StreetArlington, VA | No longer reported |
| 2231 Crystal DriveArlington County, VA | No longer reported |
| 8300 Sudley Road, Manassas MallManassas, VA | No longer reported |
| 6011 Burke Centre ParkwayBurke, VA | No longer reported |
| 8724 Little River TurnpikeFairfax, VA | No longer reported |
| 9651 Lee HighwayFairfax, VA | No longer reported |
| 1961 Chainbridge Road, SpaceMclean, VA | No longer reported |
| 6805 Old Dominion DriveMclean, VA | No longer reported |
| 1700 Diagonal RoadAlexandria, VA | No longer reported |
| 500 Montgomery StreetAlexandria, VA | No longer reported |
| 1720g The Galleria At Tysons IiMclean, VA | No longer reported |
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 19124 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.