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What happened to Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association?
Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association in Fort Lee, NJ was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Ensign Bank, FSB of New York City, NY on Jul 1, 1987. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association is today part of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Columbus, 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.
- 1892Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association opens in Fort Lee, NJ
- Jul 1, 1987RESOLVEDFort Lee Savings and Loan Association was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Ensign Bank, FSB of New York City, NY.FDIC certificate 29917 ends; its business continues under certificate 32181. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Jun 30, 1987.
- Aug 31, 1990FAILEDEnsign Bank, FSB of New York City, NY failed, and Ensign Federal Savings Bank of New York City, NY took it over.FDIC certificate 32181 ends; its business continues under certificate 33159.
- Jul 19, 1991RESOLVEDEnsign Federal Savings Bank of New York City, NY was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Chemical Bank of Columbus, OH.FDIC certificate 33159 ends; its business continues under certificate 628.
- TodayOPEN
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMain office Columbus, OH · FDIC certificate 628 · 5,141 offices in 49 states on June 30, 2026Every JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.jpmorganchase.com
If you still have something from Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association failed on Jun 30, 1987, under the old savings-and-loan insurance fund (FSLIC). The FDIC's lien-release page covers failed banks and savings and loans placed in FDIC receivership; it does not say how releases work for resolutions this old.
Call FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 (8am–4pm Central, weekdays) and ask whether the FDIC holds this institution's receivership. Ask JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as well: the chain above leads there. The FDIC's own instructions are at FDIC, Obtaining a Lien Release.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Ensign Bank, FSB). Start with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Fort Lee Savings and Loan Association.
This failure is older than the current federal rule on unclaimed deposits (mid-1993), so different rules apply. Search FDIC unclaimed funds search, search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and ask FDIC Resolution Inquiries at 888-206-4662 what applies to this institution.
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 JPMorgan Chase 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 29917 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.