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What happened to First Heights Bank, a FSB?
First Heights Bank, a FSB in Houston, TX (earlier called First Heights, FSA and 1 other name) closed voluntarily on Sep 9, 2005. It did not fail.
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.
- 1988First Heights, FSA opens in Houston, TX
- May 16, 1990renamed First Heights Bank, a Federal Savings Bank
- Jan 8, 2003renamed First Heights Bank, a FSB
- Sep 9, 2005CLOSEDFirst Heights Bank, a FSB closed voluntarily. It did not fail.FDIC certificate 32611 ends.
- NO SUCCESSOR BANK
The FDIC record ends here. No operating bank carries this charter today.
If you still have something from First Heights Bank, a FSB
A lien that was never released
First Heights Bank, a FSB closed voluntarily, and the FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that closed voluntarily and liquidated or closed without government assistance. The FDIC says it may be able to help only where the lender was a failed bank placed in FDIC receivership.
Our suggestion, not the FDIC's: a title company or real-estate attorney in the county where the lien is recorded will know how that state clears a lien from a lender that no longer exists.
An old account, passbook or CD
With no successor bank to ask, go to the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records. The OCC gives the same advice for old records from a bank that no longer exists.
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
Contents of boxes left behind are handled under state unclaimed-property law. Start with the unclaimed-property program of Texas, where the box was.
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.
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
32 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 10 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 113 N Friendswood DrFriendswood, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 300 Highway 332 WLake Jackson, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1217 W 43rd StHouston, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 7390 Fannin StHouston, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 600 Henderson StPalacios, TX | OpenProsperity Bank |
| 1202 Jackson StRichmond, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 1803 N Velasco St, Ste CAngleton, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 4868 Garth Rd, Ste ABaytown, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 5342 Airline DrHouston, TX | OpenPNC Bank, National Association |
| 8300 Highway 6Hitchcock, TX | OpenProsperity Bank |
| 2050 N. Loop West, Suite #201Houston, TX | No longer reported |
| 206 N MckinnySweeny, TX | No longer reported |
| 1005 12th StreetHempstead, TX | No longer reported |
| 2403 Main StreetWaller, TX | No longer reported |
| 1000 12th St.Hempstead, TX | No longer reported |
| 1423 Boston AveNederland, TX | No longer reported |
| 8255 Gladys AveBeaumont, TX | No longer reported |
| 1202 Jackson St.Richmond, TX | No longer reported |
| 3388-A Hwy 6 SouthSugar Land, TX | No longer reported |
| 111 North MccarthyEagle Lake, TX | No longer reported |
| 1112 7th StreetBay City, TX | No longer reported |
| 223 5th St.Palacios, TX | No longer reported |
| 18934 Fm 1488Magnolia, TX | No longer reported |
| 6327 Highway 36Wallis, TX | No longer reported |
| 400 North 16th StreetOrange, TX | No longer reported |
| 16522 Stuebner AirlineSpring, TX | No longer reported |
| 3401 Allen ParkwayHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 465 Uvalde RoadHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 507 W. BakerBaytown, TX | No longer reported |
| 4060 BissonnetHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 720 TravisHouston, TX | No longer reported |
| 7390 FanninHouston, TX | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Heights Bank, a FSB
5 banks merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 12 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Sun Savings AssociationHouston, TX | Jun 5, 1993 |
| New First City, Texas - Lake Jackson, National AssociationLake Jackson, TX | Feb 13, 1993 |
| New First City, Texas - Orange, National AssociationOrange, TX | Feb 13, 1993 |
| Heights of Texas, FSBHouston, TX | Jul 20, 1990 |
| Heights Savings Association, A FSAHouston, TX | Sep 9, 1988 |
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 32611 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.