Shelby County State Bank on Your Credit Report
In short: Operating 6 FDIC-reported offices from a head office in Shelbyville, Illinois, Shelby County State Bank is a state-chartered bank that IS a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the Federal Reserve and its state regulator under FDIC certificate 11702. The charter dates to May 11, 1895 and the most recent call report, dated 06/30/2026, shows $363 million in total assets. As an original creditor, Shelby County State Bank is the furnisher on its own tradelines, not an assignee of someone else's. Information that is inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable can be disputed under the FCRA. Outcomes depend on what the furnisher can verify, and results vary.
Who Shelby County State Bank actually is
Charter details above are from the FDIC BankFind public database.
What makes this creditor different
Shelby County State Bank carries FDIC certificate 11702, operates 6 FDIC-reported offices and reported $363 million in assets on its most recent call report in Shelbyville, Illinois.
How Shelby County State Bank appears on your credit report
Shelby County State Bank is the original creditor here, which changes the practical shape of a dispute: there is no assignment chain to attack, only the bank's own records. Name the exact field, send it in writing to Shelby County State Bank, and file the §611 dispute in parallel. the Shelby County State Bank reviews these internally from Shelbyville, Illinois. The documentation determines what happens — no result is promised.
Names it may report under
Products that commonly show up
- ◆Personal and signature loans booked through Shelby County State Bank branch staff in Illinois
- ◆First-lien residential mortgages and refinances written around Shelbyville
- ◆Small-business and agricultural credit carried on the Shelby County State Bank balance sheet
Grounds to dispute a Shelby County State Bank entry
Each of these is a reason a Shelby County State Bank tradeline may be inaccurate or unverifiable. None of them assures removal — they are the angles worth checking on your own report.
- ◆Deferment or modification agreed with Shelby County State Bank not reflected in the monthly status
- ◆Shelby County State Bank account reported in the name of a co-signer who never signed
- ◆Charge-off reported by Shelby County State Bank without the underlying itemization on file
- ◆Account balance or credit limit reported incorrectly
- ◆Payment reported late when it was made inside the grace period
- ◆Date of first delinquency re-aged to extend how long it can report
- ◆Account still reporting as open after it was closed, or vice versa
- ◆Duplicate tradeline for the same account after an internal transfer
- ◆Account belongs to someone else with a similar name, or is the result of identity theft
Disputing an original creditor is not the same as disputing a collector
Shelby County State Bank is an original creditor — the institution whose name was on the account when it was opened. That matters for two reasons. First, the FDCPA, which governs debt collectors, generally does not apply to a creditor collecting its own debt in its own name, so the “debt validation” request that works against a collection agency is not the right tool here. Second, as the furnisher of the tradeline, Shelby County State Bank has direct obligations under FCRA §623 to investigate a dispute you send it and to correct or delete information it cannot verify as accurate.
Dispute with the bureaus — FCRA §611
File with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. They must generally investigate within 30 days and tell the furnisher. Free, and you can do it yourself.
Dispute with the furnisher — FCRA §623
Send Shelby County State Bank a direct written dispute. It must investigate and must not continue reporting information it knows is inaccurate. Keep copies and proof of delivery.
Shelby County State Bank questions, answered
Does the FDIC insure deposits at Shelby County State Bank?
Yes — Shelby County State Bank appears in FDIC BankFind under certificate 11702. The record shows a state-chartered bank that IS a member of the Federal Reserve System, supervised by the Federal Reserve and its state regulator based in Shelbyville, IL, with a charter dated May 11, 1895, $363 million in assets and 6 offices at the 06/30/2026 call report.
Which regulator oversees Shelby County State Bank?
Supervision sits with the Federal Reserve and its state banking regulator. When both the §611 bureau dispute and the §623 direct dispute to Shelby County State Bank come back "verified" and your documents say otherwise, the CFPB complaint portal is the next step, and FCRA §§616–617 preserve a private right of action. Send your written record to the Shelby County State Bank head office in Shelbyville, Illinois.
How many credit-card complaints does the CFPB show against Shelby County State Bank?
No number is published here. When we queried the CFPB credit-card complaint data, no company key matched Shelby County State Bank exactly, and we will not approximate one by partial-name matching — that routinely pulls in unrelated companies with similar names. Rather than imply a count we cannot source, we leave it out. The database is public and searchable at consumerfinance.gov.
How long can a Shelby County State Bank charge-off stay on my credit report?
Seven years from the first delinquency that was never cured — not from the charge-off, not from a sale, and not from the date Shelby County State Bank last updated the line. If that date moves forward between two pulls, that is re-aging and it is disputable on its own.
What is the difference between disputing with Shelby County State Bank and disputing with a collector?
The records live in different places. As the original creditor, Shelby County State Bank holds the application, the statements and the payment ledger, while a buyer of the debt usually holds an electronic summary. A §623 dispute aimed at Shelby County State Bank therefore lands where the evidence actually is.
Does Shelby County State Bank report to all three credit bureaus?
Furnishing is voluntary under the FCRA, so Shelby County State Bank — 6 offices in Illinois — may report to one or two bureaus rather than all three. Compare the three files side by side: differing balances are usually timing, but differing account status or first-delinquency dates are disputable.
I see duplicate Shelby County State Bank tradelines — is that allowed?
One account showing twice is a classic conversion artifact. Shelby County State Bank has operated since 1895, and a charter that old has usually been through at least one core-system migration. An account may legitimately appear under a predecessor name, but the same debt must not report twice with two balances. Dispute the duplicate and name both tradelines.
Can I dispute a Shelby County State Bank account myself without paying anyone?
No payment is required. Writing to the bureaus under §611 or to Shelby County State Bank under §623 costs you postage. Paid help is optional and cannot unlock anything extra; results depend entirely on what the documentation shows, and accurate entries stay put.
Where is Shelby County State Bank headquartered, and does that affect my dispute?
Shelby County State Bank is headquartered in Shelbyville, Illinois, with 6 FDIC-reported offices. Headquarters does not change your federal rights — the FCRA applies identically everywhere — but it does tell you which state banking regulator shares oversight, which matters if you escalate past the CFPB.
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This page is general information about consumer rights, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Crowned Credit is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Shelby County State Bank; company names are used only to identify the institution a consumer may see on a credit report. Crowned Credit does not promise any particular outcome; results vary by individual circumstances and by what a furnisher is able to verify. Accurate, verifiable information generally cannot be removed from a credit report. You have the right to dispute inaccurate information yourself, for free, directly with the credit bureaus and with the furnisher.
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