# THE COWLITZ BANK

> **Failed bank** · LONGVIEW, WA · failed 2010-07-30 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $31M

## What happened

THE COWLITZ BANK of LONGVIEW, WA was closed by regulators on **2010-07-30**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **HERITAGE BANK** (OLYMPIA, WA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3838
- **FDIC Certificate:** 22643
- **FDIC FIN:** 10275
- **Bank name:** THE COWLITZ BANK
- **Location:** LONGVIEW, WA
- **Failure date:** 2010-07-30
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2010-07-30
- **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:** $31M
- **Deposits at failure:** $475M
- **Assets at failure:** $489M
- **Acquiring bank:** HERITAGE BANK (OLYMPIA, WA)

## Other banks HERITAGE BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- PIERCE COMMERCIAL BANK (TACOMA, WA) — failed 2010-11-05 — /failed-bank/3874
- SHERMAN COUNTY BANK (LOUP CITY, NE) — failed 2009-02-13 — /failed-bank/3603

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, THE COWLITZ BANK (FDIC ID 3838), failed 2010-07-30. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-19 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3838.

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