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What happened to First Washington State Bank?
First Washington State Bank in Windsor, NJ merged into The Bank of Mount Laurel, NJ on Feb 10, 2007. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Washington State Bank is today part of Fulton Bank, National Association (Lancaster, PA).
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.
- 1989First Washington State Bank opens in Windsor, NJ
- Feb 10, 2007MERGEDFirst Washington State Bank merged into The Bank of Mount Laurel, NJ.FDIC certificate 32725 ends; its business continues under certificate 27614.
- May 18, 2019MERGEDThe Bank (by then renamed Fulton Bank of New Jersey) of Mount Laurel, NJ merged into Fulton Bank, National Association of Lancaster, PA.FDIC certificate 27614 ends; its business continues under certificate 7551.
- TodayOPEN
Fulton Bank, National AssociationMain office Lancaster, PA · FDIC certificate 7551 · 205 offices in 5 states on June 30, 2026Every Fulton Bank, National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.fultonbank.com
If you still have something from First Washington State Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Washington State Bank as lienholder, start with Fulton Bank, National Association. 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 Fulton Bank, National Association to search for the account under the name First Washington State Bank. 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 Fulton Bank, National Association which branch now holds boxes from the First Washington State Bank 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
16 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 6 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1386 Route 130 and Main StreetWindsor, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 20 N Main StAllentown, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2 Village Center DrFreehold, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 205 E Kennedy BlvdLakewood, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 2460 Whitehorse Hamilton Square RdHamilton, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 139 Manhattan StJackson, NJ | OpenFulton Bank, National Association |
| 605 Route 539Cream Ridge, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1700 Madison AveLakewood, NJ | No longer reported |
| 500 Rt 530Whiting, NJ | No longer reported |
| 304 Princeton Hightstown RdEast Windsor, NJ | No longer reported |
| 774 Alexander RoadPrinceton, NJ | No longer reported |
| 130 Marketplace BoulevardHamilton, NJ | No longer reported |
| 1750 North Olden AvenueEwing, NJ | No longer reported |
| 3373 Brunswick PikeLawrenceville, NJ | No longer reported |
| 2 Ryan RoadMarlboro, NJ | No longer reported |
| 4301 Applewood DriveFreehold, NJ | No longer reported |
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 32725 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.