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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 15


CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.


                         Commission File No.    0-11160
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                            HOME INTERSTATE BANCORP
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        2633 Cherry Avenue, Signal Hill, CA 90806        (310) 988-9690
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     (Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)


                           Common Stock, no par value
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)


                                      None
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       (Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file
                reports under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) remains)


        Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    [X]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [ ]
        Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   [ ]           Rule 15d-6              [ ]
        Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)    [ ]         


     Approximate number of holders of record as of certification date:   0
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        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Home Interstate Bancorp has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.



Date:   August 23, 1996     By:   /s/ PATRICK HARTMAN
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                                  Patrick Hartman, Chief Financial Officer of
                                  CU Bancorp, successor by merger to
                                  Home Interstate Bancorp