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What happened to Capstone Bank?
Capstone Bank in Tuscaloosa, AL (earlier called Washington County State Bank and 1 other name) merged into SmartBank of Pigeon Forge, TN on Nov 1, 2017. SmartBank 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.
- 1978Washington County State Bank opens in Tuscaloosa, AL
- Sep 16, 1996renamed Southwest Bank of Alabama
- Mar 5, 2008renamed Capstone Bank
- Nov 1, 2017MERGEDCapstone Bank merged into SmartBank of Pigeon Forge, TN.FDIC certificate 22769 ends; its business continues under certificate 58463.
- TodayOPEN
SmartBankMain office Pigeon Forge, TN · FDIC certificate 58463 · 42 offices in 3 states on June 30, 2026Every SmartBank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.smartbank.com
If you still have something from Capstone Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Capstone Bank as lienholder, start with SmartBank. 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 SmartBank to search for the account under the name Capstone Bank. 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 SmartBank which branch now holds boxes from the Capstone Bank 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
11 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 8 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 2301 University BlvdTuscaloosa, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 2000 Lurleen B Wallace BlvdNorthport, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 106 Ecor Rouge Pl Shop CtrFairhope, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 230 Mcfarland Cir NTuscaloosa, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 1600 College AveJackson, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 16780 Jordan StreetChatom, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 33219 Highway 43Thomasville, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 158 Commerce StreetMcintosh, AL | OpenSmartBank |
| 27188 State Highway 43Leroy, AL | No longer reported |
| 2301 University BlvdTuscaloosa, AL | No longer reported |
| 3004 North College AvenueJackson, AL | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Capstone Bank
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Security BankTuscaloosa, AL | Nov 5, 2008 |
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 22769 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.