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What happened to Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association?
Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association in San Francisco, CA merged into Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and of Beverly Hills, CA on Dec 31, 1980. After 3 more changes of hands, what was Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association 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.
- 1959Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in San Francisco, CA
- Dec 31, 1980MERGEDCivic Federal Savings and Loan Association merged into Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and of Beverly Hills, CA.FDIC certificate 31092 ends; its business continues under certificate 28621.
- Oct 1, 1985RESOLVEDSouthern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and of Beverly Hills, CA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 28621 ends; its business continues under certificate 32433. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Jun 6, 1985.
- Nov 13, 2001MERGEDSouthern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and (by then renamed Peoples Bank of California) of Los Angeles, CA merged into California National Bank of Los Angeles, CA.FDIC certificate 32433 ends; its business continues under certificate 34659.
- Oct 30, 2009FAILEDCalifornia National Bank of Los Angeles, CA failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 34659 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 Civic Federal Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and failed on Jun 6, 1985, 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 U.S. 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, Southern California Savings and Loan Association, A Federal Savings and). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Civic Federal 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 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 31092 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.