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What happened to Riggs Bank National Association?
Riggs Bank National Association in Mclean, VA (earlier called The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C.) closed voluntarily on May 16, 2005. 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.
- 1836The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. opens in Mclean, VA
- Mar 29, 1996renamed Riggs Bank National Association
- May 16, 2005CLOSEDRiggs Bank National Association 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 Riggs Bank National Association
A lien that was never released
Riggs Bank National Association 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
68 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 28 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 4835 Massachusetts Ave NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 833 7th St NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1913 Massachusetts Ave NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1201 Wisconsin Ave NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 5530 Connecticut Ave NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 2601 Clarendon BlvdArlington, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 10150 River RdPotomac, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 950 Herndon PkwyHerndon, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1920 L Street, N.W.Washington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 8315 Lee HwyFairfax, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7200 Wisconsin Ave, Ste 100Bethesda, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 14945 Shady Grove RdRockville, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 3806 12th St NeWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1779 Columbia Road, N.W.Washington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 353 Maple Ave EVienna, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 47030 Community PlzSterling, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 14910 Diamond View WayWoodbridge, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7300 Hanover PkwyGreenbelt, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 650 Pennsylvania Ave SeWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1050 Connecticut Avenue NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7267 Arlington BlvdFalls Church, VA | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7601 Georgia Ave NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 6196 Oxon Hill RdOxon Hill, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 3300 14th St NwWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 6551 Coventry WayClinton, MD | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1346 4th St Ne, Ste AWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 800 H Street, N.E.Washington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 2000 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SeWashington, DC | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 4249 Wisconsin Ave NwWashington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1535 Alabama Ave SeWashington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1100 25th Street NwWashington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, NwWashington, DC | No longer reported |
| 601 Penn Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 2600 Virginia Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 4249 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1101 15th Street, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 1875 Connecticut Ave, NWWashington, DC | No longer reported |
| 3400 International Drive, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
| 800 17th Street, N.W.Washington, DC | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Riggs Bank National Association
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Riggs National Bank of VirginiaMerrifield, VA | Mar 29, 1996 |
| The Riggs National Bank of MarylandMclean, VA | Mar 29, 1996 |
| The National Bank of WashingtonWashington, DC | Aug 10, 1990 |
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 2095 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.