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What happened to Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association?
Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association in Los Angeles, CA failed and was closed on Oct 15, 1993. No bank took it over; insured depositors were paid directly.
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the last entry on record. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1986Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association opens in Los Angeles, CA
- Oct 15, 1993FAILEDBrentwood Thrift and Loan Association failed and was closed. No bank took it over; insured depositors were paid directly.FDIC certificate 26995 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association failed on Oct 15, 1993. 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.
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
The FDIC record shows no bank taking over Brentwood Thrift and Loan Association's deposits. In a payoff, insured depositors are paid directly, up to the insurance limit.
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
In a payoff the FDIC writes to box holders with instructions for removing the contents. For a box never emptied, ask through the FDIC Information and Support Center and check the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
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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.
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 ▾
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 26995 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.