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What happened to Los Padres Bank?
Los Padres Bank in Solvang, CA (earlier called Santa Ynez Valley Savings and Loan Association and 2 other names) failed, and Pacific Western Bank of Los Angeles, CA took it over on Aug 20, 2010. That bank is now called Banc of California (Los Angeles, CA).
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.
- 1982Santa Ynez Valley Savings and Loan Association opens in Solvang, CA
- Feb 28, 1987renamed Los Padres Savings Bank
- May 11, 1993renamed Los Padres Savings Bank, FSB
- Mar 31, 1998renamed Los Padres Bank
- Aug 20, 2010FAILEDLos Padres Bank failed, and Pacific Western Bank of Los Angeles, CA took it over.FDIC certificate 32165 ends; its business continues under certificate 24045.
- TodayOPEN
Banc of CaliforniaMain office Los Angeles, CA · FDIC certificate 24045 · 79 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every Banc of California office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bancofcal.com
If you still have something from Los Padres Bank
A lien that was never released
Los Padres Bank failed on Aug 20, 2010. For a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership, the FDIC may be able to issue the lien release, if the loan was paid off to the bank before it failed or to the FDIC afterward. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to Banc of California, which is worth asking too.
Requests go through the FDIC Information and Support Center with the recorded mortgage or title, and proof of payoff. The FDIC says to allow 30 business days once it has every document, and does not take requests by phone or email. Questions: FDIC Resolution Inquiries, 888-206-4662, 8am–4pm Central on weekdays.
An old account, passbook or CD
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, Pacific Western Bank). Start with Banc of California, and ask them to search under the name Los Padres Bank.
For failures since mid-1993 the law sets a clock: insured deposits not claimed within 18 months of the FDIC starting to pay depositors are offered to the state of the depositor's last known address on the bank's records. If the state takes them, the owner has 10 years to claim there before the money returns to the FDIC. Check FDIC unclaimed funds search and that state's unclaimed-property program.
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 Banc of California. 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. 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
20 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 610 Alamo Pintado RdSolvang, CA | OpenBanc of California |
| 10555 North 114th Street Suite 100Scottsdale, AZ | No longer reported |
| 14100 N. Northsight Blvd.Scottsdale, AZ | No longer reported |
| 17061 N Avenue Of The Arts, Suite 102Surprise, AZ | No longer reported |
| 7315 El Camino Rd.Atascadero, CA | No longer reported |
| 542 W. Tefft St.Nipomo, CA | No longer reported |
| 831 Oak Park Blvd.Pismo Beach, CA | No longer reported |
| 1322 Madonna Rd.San Luis Obispo, CA | No longer reported |
| 110 South Ventura StreetOjai, CA | No longer reported |
| 2920 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste AThousand Oaks, CA | No longer reported |
| 1171 South Victoria AveVentura, CA | No longer reported |
| 234 East Highway 246 Suite 109Buellton, CA | No longer reported |
| 197 N FairviewGoleta, CA | No longer reported |
| 402 East Main St.Santa Maria, CA | No longer reported |
| Internet Banking BranchSolvang, CA | No longer reported |
| 6300 NallShawnee Mission, KS | No longer reported |
| 11150 PflummOlathe, KS | No longer reported |
| 14300 Metcalf AveOverland Park, KS | No longer reported |
| 515 Encinitas Blvd.Encinitas, CA | No longer reported |
| 16796 Bernardo Center Dr.Rancho Bernardo, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Los Padres Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| US Community Savings BankEncinitas, CA | May 31, 1997 |
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 32165 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.