# CITIZENS BANK OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

> **Failed bank** · NEVADA CITY, CA · failed 2011-09-23 · State commercial bank, non-Federal Reserve member (FDIC-supervised) · FDIC cost $41M

## What happened

CITIZENS BANK OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA of NEVADA CITY, CA was closed by regulators on **2011-09-23**. The FDIC was named receiver.

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

Deposits were transferred to **TRI COUNTIES BANK** (CHICO, CA). Customers became depositors of the acquiring bank automatically.


## Key facts

- **FDIC ID:** 3963
- **FDIC Certificate:** 33983
- **FDIC FIN:** 10397
- **Bank name:** CITIZENS BANK OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Location:** NEVADA CITY, CA
- **Failure date:** 2011-09-23
- **FDIC resolution date:** 2011-09-23
- **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:** $41M
- **Deposits at failure:** $253M
- **Assets at failure:** $289M
- **Acquiring bank:** TRI COUNTIES BANK (CHICO, CA)

## Other banks TRI COUNTIES BANK has acquired in FDIC resolutions

- GRANITE COMMUNITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (GRANITE BAY, CA) — failed 2010-05-28 — /failed-bank/3809

## Primary source

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

## Citation

> US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, BankFind failed-bank database, CITIZENS BANK OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (FDIC ID 3963), failed 2011-09-23. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/failed-bank/3963.

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