# COUNTY BANK

> **Failed bank** · MERCED, CA · failed 2009-02-06 · State commercial bank, Federal Reserve member · FDIC cost $62M

## What happened

COUNTY BANK of MERCED, CA was closed by state regulators on **2009-02-06**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **WESTAMERICA BANK** (SAN RAFAEL, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3600
- **FDIC Certificate:** 22574
- **FDIC FIN:** 10034
- **Bank name:** COUNTY BANK
- **Location:** MERCED, CA
- **Failure date:** 2009-02-06
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2009-02-06
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, Federal Reserve member
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $62M
- **Deposits at failure:** $1,325M
- **Assets at failure:** $1,712M
- **Acquiring bank:** WESTAMERICA BANK (SAN RAFAEL, CA)

## Other banks WESTAMERICA BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- SONOMA VALLEY BANK (SONOMA, CA) — failed 2010-08-20 — /failed-bank/3847

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, COUNTY BANK (FDIC ID 3600), failed 2009-02-06. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3600.

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