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What happened to First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley?
First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley in Richlands, VA (earlier called Clinch Valley Bank and Trust Company) merged into First Virginia Bank-Southwest of Roanoke, VA on Mar 6, 1999. After 2 more changes of hands, what was First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley is today part of Truist Bank (Charlotte, NC).
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.
- 1973Clinch Valley Bank and Trust Company opens in Richlands, VA
- May 29, 1987renamed First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley
- Mar 6, 1999MERGEDFirst Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley merged into First Virginia Bank-Southwest of Roanoke, VA.FDIC certificate 20969 ends; its business continues under certificate 20877.
- Oct 10, 2003MERGEDFirst Virginia Bank-Southwest of Roanoke, VA merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia of Richmond, VA.FDIC certificate 20877 ends; its business continues under certificate 22584.
- Dec 31, 2006MERGEDBranch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia of Richmond, VA merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 22584 ends; its business continues under certificate 9846.
- TodayOPEN
Truist BankMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 9846 · 1,928 offices in 18 states on June 30, 2026Every Truist Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.Truist.com
If you still have something from First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley as lienholder, start with Truist Bank. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Truist Bank to search for the account under the name First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
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
Ask Truist Bank which branch now holds boxes from the First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be 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
12 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1910 2nd StRichlands, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 502 Commerce DrBluefield, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| 140 Hillsboro DrNorth Tazewell, VA | No longer reported |
| 101 W Water StPocahontas, VA | No longer reported |
| 814 West Riverside DriveNorth Tazewell, VA | No longer reported |
| 501 Railroad AvenueRichlands, VA | No longer reported |
| 1155 Claypool Hill Mall RoadCedar Bluff, VA | No longer reported |
| Cedar Valley Drive and MapleCedar Bluff, VA | No longer reported |
| Main StreetTazewell, VA | No longer reported |
| U.S. Hwys. 19 and 460 & Va. Rte 16Tazewell, VA | No longer reported |
| U.S. Highway 460Raven, VA | No longer reported |
| U.S. Route 460 and State Route 719Claypool Hill, VA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Virginia Bank - Clinch Valley
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 2 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Premier Bank, National AssociationTazewell, VA | Oct 20, 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 20969 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.