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What happened to Sentry Savings and Loan Association?
Sentry Savings and Loan Association in Caldwell, NJ merged into North Jersey Savings and Loan Association of Passaic, NJ on May 31, 1981. After 2 more changes of hands, what was Sentry Savings and Loan Association is today part of Valley National Bank (Passaic, NJ).
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.
- 1890Sentry Savings and Loan Association opens in Caldwell, NJ
- May 31, 1981MERGEDSentry Savings and Loan Association merged into North Jersey Savings and Loan Association of Passaic, NJ.FDIC certificate 29763 ends; its business continues under certificate 30050.
- Dec 21, 1990FAILEDNorth Jersey Savings and Loan Association of Passaic, NJ failed, and North Jersey Federal Savings Association of Passaic, NJ took it over.FDIC certificate 30050 ends; its business continues under certificate 33289. The FDIC's failure list dates the failure Feb 17, 1989.
- Jun 7, 1991RESOLVEDNorth Jersey Federal Savings Association of Passaic, NJ was closed in a federal resolution, and its business passed to Valley National Bank of Passaic, NJ.FDIC certificate 33289 ends; its business continues under certificate 9396.
- TodayOPEN
Valley National BankMain office Passaic, NJ · FDIC certificate 9396 · 228 offices in 6 states on June 30, 2026Every Valley National Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.valley.com
If you still have something from Sentry Savings and Loan Association
A lien that was never released
North Jersey Savings and Loan Association failed on Feb 17, 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 Valley National 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, North Jersey Federal Savings Association). Start with Valley National Bank, and ask them to search under the name Sentry 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 Valley National 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 ▾
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 29763 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.