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FDIC certificate 31698 · San Mateo, CA

What happened to Bay View Bank, National Association?

Bay View Bank, National Association in San Mateo, CA (earlier called Bay View Federal Savings and Loan Association and 2 other names) closed voluntarily on Sep 30, 2003. It did not fail.

1973
opened
2003
ended
4
names it used
1
step to the end

The chain, step by step

From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.

  1. 1973
    Bay View Federal Savings and Loan Association opens in San Mateo, CA
  2. Dec 31, 1989
    renamed Bay View Federal Bank, A Federal Savings Bank
  3. Mar 17, 1997
    renamed Bay View Bank
  4. Mar 1, 1999
    renamed Bay View Bank, National Association
  5. Sep 30, 2003
    CLOSEDBay View Bank, National Association closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 31698 ends.
  6. NO SUCCESSOR BANK
    The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.

If you still have something from Bay View Bank, National Association

A lien that was never released

Bay View Bank, National Association closed voluntarily, and the FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that closed voluntarily and liquidated or closed without government assistance. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.

Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.

An old account, passbook or CD

With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.

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

Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of California, where the box was.

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.

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

71 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 21 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.

OfficeLast filed under itNow
39390 Fremont BlvdFremont, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
475 El Camino RealMillbrae, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
4610 Mission StSan Francisco, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
329 Gellert BlvdDaly City, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1655 Oceana BlvdPacifica, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
110 Morrissey BlvdSanta Cruz, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
3550 Geary BlvdSan Francisco, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
2308 Magowan DrSanta Rosa, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1200 Tennessee StVallejo, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1850 Irving StSan Francisco, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
999f Edgewater BlvdFoster City, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
127 N Santa Cruz AveLos Gatos, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
6500 Commerce BlvdRohnert Park, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1711 Grant AveNovato, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1435 Stockton StSan Francisco, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
50 Cabrillo Hwy NHalf Moon Bay, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
848 Southampton RdBenicia, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1099 Lincoln AveSan Jose, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1965 Diamond BlvdConcord, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
300 Main StLos Altos, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
659 Main StMartinez, CA2002OpenU.S. Bank National Association
1840 Gateway Drive, 4th Fl.San Mateo, CA2003No longer reported
767 East Blithedale AvenueMill Valley, CA2002No longer reported
305 San Anselmo AvenueSan Anselmo, CA2002No longer reported
5800 Northgate Mall, Suite 51San Rafael, CA2002No longer reported
910 Ralston AvenueBelmont, CA2002No longer reported
1105 El Camino RealMenlo Park, CA2002No longer reported
780 Laurel StreetSan Carlos, CA2002No longer reported
370 Grand AvenueSouth San Francisco, CA2002No longer reported
1188 El Camino RealBurlingame, CA2002No longer reported
95 Southgate Ave.Daly City, CA2002No longer reported
531 5th Street WestSonoma, CA2002No longer reported
50 Old Courthouse SqSanta Rosa, CA2002No longer reported
5870 Stoneridge Mall RoadPleasanton, CA2002No longer reported
300 Main StPleasanton, CA2002No longer reported
1250 Fairmont DrSan Leandro, CA2002No longer reported
721 Texas StreetFairfield, CA2002No longer reported
801 Alamo DriveVacaville, CA2002No longer reported
783 Rio Del Mar BlvdAptos, CA2002No longer reported
720 San Ramon Valley BlvdDanville, CA2002No longer reported

Banks folded into Bay View Bank, National Association

4 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 6 charters end up inside it.

BankEndedHow
EurekaBank, a Federal Savings BankSan Carlos, CAJan 2, 1998merged
Independence Savings and Loan AssociationVallejo, CAOct 20, 1989failed
El Camino Savings and Loan AssociationSunnyvale, CANov 30, 1981merged
Bay View Federal Savings and Loan AssociationSan Mateo, CAMar 31, 1981merged

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 31698 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.