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What happened to Palestine Savings and Loan Association?
Palestine Savings and Loan Association in Palestine, TX merged into Superior Savings Association of Nacogdoches, TX on Apr 30, 1983. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Palestine Savings and Loan Association is today part of Commercial Bank of Texas, National Association (Nacogdoches, TX).
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.
- 1956Palestine Savings and Loan Association opens in Palestine, TX
- Apr 30, 1983MERGEDPalestine Savings and Loan Association merged into Superior Savings Association of Nacogdoches, TX.FDIC certificate 30894 ends; its business continues under certificate 30893.
- Aug 10, 1990FAILEDSuperior Savings Association (by then renamed Superior Federal Savings Bank) of Nacogdoches, TX failed, and Superior Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Nacogdoches, TX took it over.FDIC certificate 30893 ends; its business continues under certificate 33165.
- Jul 19, 1991RESOLVEDSuperior Savings Bank, F.S.B. of Nacogdoches, TX was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Commercial National Bank in Nacogdoches of Nacogdoches, TX.FDIC certificate 33165 ends; its business continues under certificate 1209.
- TodayOPEN
Commercial Bank of Texas, National AssociationMain office Nacogdoches, TX · FDIC certificate 1209 · 24 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every Commercial Bank of Texas, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.cbtx.com
If you still have something from Palestine Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Superior Federal Savings Bank failed on Aug 10, 1990, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. 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 Commercial Bank of Texas, 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, Superior Savings Bank, F.S.B.). Start with Commercial Bank of Texas, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Palestine 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 Commercial Bank of Texas, 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 30894 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.