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What happened to Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA?
Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA in Long Branch, NJ (earlier called Shadow Lawn Savings and Loan Association) merged into Sovereign Bank, A Federal Savings Bank of Wilmington, DE on Aug 5, 1994. That bank is now called Santander Bank, N.A. (Wilmington, DE).
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.
- 1927Shadow Lawn Savings and Loan Association opens in Long Branch, NJ
- Jan 31, 1988renamed Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA
- Aug 5, 1994MERGEDShadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA merged into Sovereign Bank, A Federal Savings Bank of Wilmington, DE.FDIC certificate 30042 ends; its business continues under certificate 29950.
- TodayOPEN
Santander Bank, N.A.Main office Wilmington, DE · FDIC certificate 29950 · 368 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every Santander Bank, N.A. office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.santander.com
If you still have something from Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA as lienholder, start with Santander Bank, N.A.. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Santander Bank, N.A. to search for the account under the name Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
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
Ask Santander Bank, N.A. which branch now holds boxes from the Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
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
17 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 8 S Main StMarlboro, NJ | OpenSantander Bank, N.A. |
| 300 Gordons Corner RdManalapan, NJ | OpenSantander Bank, N.A. |
| Rt 88 and Shorrock RoadLakewood, NJ | No longer reported |
| 940 Fischer Blvd.Toms River, NJ | No longer reported |
| 600 BroadwayLong Branch, NJ | No longer reported |
| 44 Main StreetHolmdel, NJ | No longer reported |
| 57 Monmouth RoadOakhurst, NJ | No longer reported |
| 18 Sycamore AvenueLittle Silver, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1215 New Jersey 35Middletown, NJ | No longer reported |
| 43 Main StreetKeyport, NJ | No longer reported |
| 712 10th Ave.Belmar, NJ | No longer reported |
| 44 Main St. & Holmdel Rd.Holmdel, NJ | No longer reported |
| 43 Main St.Keyport, NJ | No longer reported |
| Union Hill Rd. & Wild Turkey WayManalapan, NJ | No longer reported |
| Route 79 & School Road WestMarlboro, NJ | No longer reported |
| Broad St. & Bergen PlaceRed Bank, NJ | No longer reported |
| 241 Monmouth Rd.West Long Branch, NJ | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Shadow Lawn Savings Bank, SLA
3 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Monmouth Savings and Loan AssociationRed Bank, NJ | Dec 31, 1981 |
| Family Savings and Loan AssociationCranbury, NJ | Sep 30, 1981 |
| Belmar Savings and Loan AssociationBelmar, NJ | Dec 31, 1975 |
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 30042 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.