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What happened to Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.?
Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. in Newport Beach, CA failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over on Nov 21, 2008. U.S. Bank National Association 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.
- 1957Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. opens in Newport Beach, CA
- Nov 21, 2008FAILEDDowney Savings and Loan Association, F.A. failed, and U.S. Bank National Association of Cincinnati, OH took it over.FDIC certificate 30968 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.
A lien that was never released
Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A. failed on Nov 21, 2008. 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. The FDIC says that where a failed bank had an acquirer, its records in most cases went to that acquirer. Here the chain from the acquirer leads to U.S. Bank National Association, which is worth asking too.
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
When a healthy bank assumes a failed bank's deposits, insured depositors become its customers right away (here, U.S. Bank National Association). Start with U.S. Bank National Association, and ask them to search under the name Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A..
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
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 U.S. Bank 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. 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
244 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 36 are still open as of June 30, 2026. Showing 40.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 17250 Ventura BlvdEncino, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 4350 Pacific Coast HwyTorrance, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 11350 South StCerritos, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 3996 Ball RdLos Alamitos, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 10381 S De Anza BlvdCupertino, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1300 El Camino RealSan Bruno, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 78435 Highway 111La Quinta, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 8444 Florence AveDowney, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 640 Orange StRedlands, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 72260 Highway 111Palm Desert, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 2831 W Avenue LLancaster, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 101 E Foothill BlvdArcadia, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 41298 Paseo Padre PkwyFremont, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 13070 Yale AveIrvine, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1399 Foxworthy AveSan Jose, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1570 Grant RdMountain View, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 25972 Muirlands BlvdMission Viejo, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 27378 Sun City BlvdSun City, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 20052 Brookhurst StHuntington Beach, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 2875 The Villages PkwySan Jose, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1475 Woodside RdRedwood City, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 17150 Magnolia StFountain Valley, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 16832 Main StHesperia, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1793 E Palm Canyon DrPalm Springs, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 13928 Pioneer BlvdNorwalk, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 12113 Hesperia RdVictorville, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 57550 Twentynine Palms HighwayYucca Valley, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 360 E 17th StCosta Mesa, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 44401 Valley Central WayLancaster, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 2369 E Valley PkwyEscondido, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 33621 Del Obispo St, Ste ADana Point, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 14184 Blossom Hill RdLos Gatos, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 2481 E Chapman AveFullerton, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 14821 Seventh StVictorville, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 7220 Atlantic AveCudahy, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1000 E Avenue JLancaster, CA | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1260 Gail Gardner Way, #125Prescott, AZ | No longer reported |
| 3030 N.highway 69Prescott, AZ | No longer reported |
| 300 S. Highland Springs Ave.Banning, CA | No longer reported |
| 1212 Magnolia Ave.Corona, CA | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Downey Savings and Loan Association, F.A.
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Butterfield Savings and Loan Association, FSASanta Ana, CA | Jan 1, 1990 |
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 30968 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.