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What happened to First State Bank of Santa Fe?
First State Bank of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM (earlier called United Southwest National Bank of Santa Fe and 2 other names) merged into First State Bank of Taos of Taos, NM on Jun 6, 1994. After 1 more change of hands, what was First State Bank of Santa Fe is today part of U.S. Bank National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1973United Southwest National Bank of Santa Fe opens in Santa Fe, NM
- Jan 1, 1982renamed Western Bank, Santa Fe
- May 24, 1989renamed FirstBank Santa Fe
- Dec 1, 1993renamed First State Bank of Santa Fe
- Jun 6, 1994MERGEDFirst State Bank of Santa Fe merged into First State Bank of Taos of Taos, NM.FDIC certificate 21349 ends; its business continues under certificate 12261.
- Jan 28, 2011FAILEDFirst State Bank of Taos (by then renamed First Community Bank) of Taos, NM failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 12261 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from First State Bank of Santa Fe
A lien that was never released
First Community Bank failed on Jan 28, 2011. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to U.S. Bank National Association, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, U.S. Bank National Association). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name First State Bank of Santa Fe.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
A safe deposit box
The FDIC says that when a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, the branches usually reopen the next business day with box access. Today, ask U.S. Bank National Association. A box abandoned for years may have been turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
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.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain.
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 ▾
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 21349 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.