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What happened to Norton Savings and Loan Association?
Norton Savings and Loan Association in Norton, KS was merged into Heritage Savings Association of Hays, KS with federal assistance on Feb 28, 1978. After 7 more changes of hands, what was Norton Savings and Loan Association is today part of Bank of America, National Association (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.
- 1922Norton Savings and Loan Association opens in Norton, KS
- Feb 28, 1978ASSISTED MERGERNorton Savings and Loan Association was merged into Heritage Savings Association of Hays, KS with federal assistance.FDIC certificate 28296 ends; its business continues under certificate 28248.
- Nov 30, 1983MERGEDHeritage Savings Association of Hays, KS merged into People Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association of Salina, KS.FDIC certificate 28248 ends; its business continues under certificate 28899.
- Aug 10, 1989FAILEDPeople Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association (by then renamed Peoples Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association) of Salina, KS failed, and Peoples Heritage Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Salina, KS took it over.FDIC certificate 28899 ends; its business continues under certificate 32746.
- Jan 12, 1990RESOLVEDPeoples Heritage Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association of Salina, KS was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Bank IV Salina, National Association of Salina, KS.FDIC certificate 32746 ends; its business continues under certificate 5837.
- Dec 31, 1991MERGEDBank IV Salina, National Association of Salina, KS merged into Bank IV Kansas, National Association of Wichita, KS.FDIC certificate 5837 ends; its business continues under certificate 4800.
- Oct 18, 1996MERGEDBank IV Kansas, National Association (by then renamed Bank IV, National Association) of Wichita, KS merged into Boatmen's First National Bank of Kansas City of Kansas City, MO.FDIC certificate 4800 ends; its business continues under certificate 19362.
- Jun 13, 1997MERGEDBoatmen's First National Bank of Kansas City (by then renamed Nationsbank, National Association (Mid-West)) of Kansas City, MO merged into NationsBank, National Association of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 19362 ends; its business continues under certificate 15802.
- Jul 23, 1999MERGEDNationsBank, National Association (by then renamed Bank of America, National Association) of Charlotte, NC merged into Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association of Charlotte, NC.FDIC certificate 15802 ends; its business continues under certificate 3510.
- TodayOPEN
Bank of America, National AssociationMain office Charlotte, NC · FDIC certificate 3510 · 3,598 offices in 39 states on June 30, 2026Every Bank of America, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.bankofamerica.com
If you still have something from Norton Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
Peoples Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association failed on Aug 10, 1989, handled by the Resolution Trust Corporation, the agency that closed failed savings institutions from 1989 to 1995. 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 Bank of America, National Association 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, Peoples Heritage Savings, A Federal Savings and Loan Association). Start with Bank of America, National Association, and ask them to search under the name Norton Savings and Loan Association.
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 Bank of America, National Association. 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 ▾
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 28296 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.