# COUNTY BANK, FSB

> **Failed bank** · SANTA BARBARA, CA · failed 1991-03-27 · Savings bank · FDIC cost $103M

## What happened

COUNTY BANK, FSB of SANTA BARBARA, CA was closed by state regulators on **1991-03-27**. The FDIC was named receiver.

**Resolution:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets

Deposits were transferred to **HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS** (LOS ANGELES, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3054
- **FDIC Certificate:** 32095
- **FDIC FIN:** 2197
- **Bank name:** COUNTY BANK, FSB
- **Location:** SANTA BARBARA, CA
- **Failure date:** 1991-03-27
- **FDIC resolution date:** 1992-03-27
- **Charter type:** Savings bank
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $103M
- **Deposits at failure:** $962M
- **Assets at failure:** $1,172M
- **Acquiring bank:** HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS (LOS ANGELES, CA)

## Other banks HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, FS has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- GUARDIAN FSA (HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA) — failed 1991-06-21 — /failed-bank/3132

## Primary source

FDIC BankFind failed-bank search: https://banks.data.fdic.gov/explore/failures?searchName=COUNTY%20BANK%2C%20FSB

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, COUNTY BANK, FSB (FDIC ID 3054), failed 1991-03-27. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-13 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3054.

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