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What happened to Peoples Bank?
Peoples Bank in Lawrence, KS (earlier called The Peoples National Bank of Ottawa and 2 other names) merged into NBH Bank of Greenwood Village, CO on Jan 1, 2018. NBH Bank 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.
- 1871The Peoples National Bank of Ottawa opens in Lawrence, KS
- Mar 15, 1976renamed Peoples National Bank & Trust, Ottawa
- Feb 17, 1988renamed Peoples National Bank & Trust
- Dec 14, 2002renamed Peoples Bank
- Jan 1, 2018MERGEDPeoples Bank merged into NBH Bank of Greenwood Village, CO.FDIC certificate 4751 ends; its business continues under certificate 59052.
- TodayOPEN
NBH BankMain office Greenwood Village, CO · FDIC certificate 59052 · 92 offices in 9 states on June 30, 2026Every NBH Bank office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.nbhbank.com
If you still have something from Peoples Bank
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows Peoples Bank as lienholder, start with NBH 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 NBH Bank to search for the account under the name Peoples 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 NBH Bank which branch now holds boxes from the Peoples 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
19 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 8 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 1356 Paseo Del Pueblo SurTaos, NM | OpenNBH Bank |
| 7579 W 151st StOverland Park, KS | OpenNBH Bank |
| 434 S Main StOttawa, KS | OpenNBH Bank |
| 2155 Louisiana Blvd NeAlbuquerque, NM | OpenNBH Bank |
| 4831 W 6th StLawrence, KS | OpenNBH Bank |
| 121 East Main StreetQuesta, NM | OpenNBH Bank |
| 29 W Wea StPaola, KS | OpenThe First Security Bank |
| 710 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur, Ste ATaos, NM | OpenNBH Bank |
| 212 S Broadway StLouisburg, KS | No longer reported |
| 219 Paseo Del Pueblo NorteTaos, NM | No longer reported |
| 3045 Iowa StreetLawrence, KS | No longer reported |
| 1506 South MainOttawa, KS | No longer reported |
| 13180 Metcalf AvenueOverland Park, KS | No longer reported |
| 7300 Jefferson Street NeAlbuquerque, NM | No longer reported |
| 2220 HarperLawrence, KS | No longer reported |
| 7404 West 199th StreetStilwell, KS | No longer reported |
| 2101 Princeton RoadOttawa, KS | No longer reported |
| 1506 South Main StreetOttawa, KS | No longer reported |
| 7810 West 151 StreetStanley, KS | No longer reported |
Banks folded into Peoples Bank
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| Peoples BankTaos, NM | Dec 14, 2002 |
| The Bank of LouisburgLouisburg, KS | Feb 3, 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 4751 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.