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What happened to Virginia First Savings, FSB?
Virginia First Savings, FSB in Petersburg, VA (earlier called Virginia First Savings and Loan Association) merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia of Richmond, VA on Apr 17, 1998. After 1 more change of hands, what was Virginia First Savings, FSB 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.
- 1888Virginia First Savings and Loan Association opens in Petersburg, VA
- Jul 31, 1984renamed Virginia First Savings, FSB
- Apr 17, 1998MERGEDVirginia First Savings, FSB merged into Branch Banking and Trust Company of Virginia of Richmond, VA.FDIC certificate 30682 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 Virginia First Savings, FSB
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Virginia First Savings, FSB 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 Virginia First Savings, FSB. 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 Virginia First Savings, FSB 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
25 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 1 is still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 12840 Route 1Chester, VA | OpenTruist Bank |
| History JunctionAppomattox, VA | No longer reported |
| Weaver & N Main StreetsEmporia, VA | No longer reported |
| 1210 Westover HillsRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 1773 North Parham RoadRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 3205 Plank RoadFredericksburg, VA | No longer reported |
| 10051 Midlothian TurnpikeRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 7114 Timberlake RoadLynchburg, VA | No longer reported |
| 201 N Washington HwyAshland, VA | No longer reported |
| 303 E Burwell StreetSalem, VA | No longer reported |
| 2609 BoulevardColonial Heights, VA | No longer reported |
| Colonial HeightsColonial Heights, VA | No longer reported |
| 305 Garrisonville RoadStafford, VA | No longer reported |
| 1620 Hershberger RoadRoanoke, VA | No longer reported |
| 316 S Jefferson StreetRoanoke, VA | No longer reported |
| 203 Virginia AvenueVinton, VA | No longer reported |
| 12451 Hedges Run RoadWoodbridge, VA | No longer reported |
| 1650 Willow Lawn DriveRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 1773 Parham RoadRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 4802 S Laburnum AvenueRichmond, VA | No longer reported |
| 216 College StreetRocky Mount, VA | No longer reported |
| 34 Franklin StreetPetersburg, VA | No longer reported |
| 2048 South Sycamore StreetPetersburg, VA | No longer reported |
| 801 S Adams StreetPetersburg, VA | No longer reported |
| 3119 Chaparral Drive SwRoanoke, VA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Virginia First Savings, FSB
1 bank merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Colony Savings and Loan AssociationRoanoke, VA | Apr 30, 1982 |
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 30682 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.