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What happened to Southeastern Federal Savings Bank?
Southeastern Federal Savings Bank in Laurel, MS was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Citizens National Bank of Meridian of Meridian, MS on May 31, 1991. The Citizens National Bank of Meridian is open today.
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.
- 1990Southeastern Federal Savings Bank opens in Laurel, MS
- May 31, 1991RESOLVEDSoutheastern Federal Savings Bank was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to The Citizens National Bank of Meridian of Meridian, MS.FDIC certificate 33034 ends; its business continues under certificate 4993.
- TodayOPEN
The Citizens National Bank of MeridianMain office Meridian, MS · FDIC certificate 4993 · 27 offices in 1 state on June 30, 2026Every The Citizens National Bank of Meridian office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.yourcnb.com
If you still have something from Southeastern Federal Savings Bank
A lien that was never released
Southeastern Federal Savings Bank was closed in a federal resolution on May 31, 1991. 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 The Citizens National Bank of Meridian 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, The Citizens National Bank of Meridian). Start with The Citizens National Bank of Meridian, and ask them to search under the name Southeastern Federal Savings Bank.
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 The Citizens National Bank of Meridian. 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 ▾
Banks folded into Southeastern Federal Savings Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Southeastern Savings BankLaurel, MS | Apr 20, 1990 |
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 33034 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.