# HIGH DESERT STATE BANK

> **Failed bank** · ALBUQUERQUE, NM · failed 2010-06-25 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $28M

## What happened

HIGH DESERT STATE BANK of ALBUQUERQUE, NM was closed by regulators on **2010-06-25**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **FIRST AMERICAN BANK** (ARTESIA, NM). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3819
- **FDIC Certificate:** 35279
- **FDIC FIN:** 10252
- **Bank name:** HIGH DESERT STATE BANK
- **Location:** ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- **Failure date:** 2010-06-25
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-06-25
- **Charter type:** State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised)
- **Resolution type:** Purchase & Assumption — acquiring bank assumed deposits + bought assets
- **Estimated FDIC DIF cost:** $28M
- **Deposits at failure:** $81M
- **Assets at failure:** $80M
- **Acquiring bank:** FIRST AMERICAN BANK (ARTESIA, NM)

## Other banks FIRST AMERICAN BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- TOWN COMMUNITY BANK AND TRUST (ANTIOCH, IL) — failed 2010-01-15 — /failed-bank/3737
- UNITED CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOC (COLLEGE STATION, TX) — failed 1991-02-28 — /failed-bank/3024
- TEXAS COMMERCIAL SA (SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX) — failed 1990-09-21 — /failed-bank/2911
- UNIVERSITY NATIONAL BANK OF COLLEGE STATIO (COLLEGE STATION, TX) — failed 1990-03-08 — /failed-bank/2688
- FIRST CALIFORNIA SAVINGS (ORANGE, CA) — failed 1989-04-06 — /failed-bank/2351
- FIRST BANK & TRUST (BRYAN, TX) — failed 1989-02-09 — /failed-bank/2090
- FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF ERICK (ERICK, OK) — failed 1985-02-07 — /failed-bank/958

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, HIGH DESERT STATE BANK (FDIC ID 3819), failed 2010-06-25. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-16 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3819.

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