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What happened to Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia?
Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia in Atlanta, GA was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Citizens Trust Bank of Atlanta, GA on Apr 22, 1994. Citizens Trust Bank 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.
- 1992Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia opens in Atlanta, GA
- Apr 22, 1994RESOLVEDSouthern Federal Savings Association of Georgia was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Citizens Trust Bank of Atlanta, GA.FDIC certificate 33630 ends; its business continues under certificate 8033.
- TodayOPEN
Citizens Trust BankMain office Atlanta, GA · FDIC certificate 8033 · 7 offices in 2 states on June 30, 2026Every Citizens Trust Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.ctbconnect.com
If you still have something from Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia
A lien that was never released
Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia was closed in a federal resolution on Apr 22, 1994. 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 Citizens Trust Bank 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, Citizens Trust Bank). Start with Citizens Trust Bank, and ask them to search under the name Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia.
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 Citizens Trust Bank. 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 Southern Federal Savings Association of Georgia
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Southern Federal Savings and Loan Association of GeorgiaAtlanta, GA | Jul 10, 1992 |
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 33630 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.