Becoming a Member
We know you’re eager to enjoy the benefits of becoming a TrailNorth member. TrailNorth offers membership to:
- Persons who live, work, worship, or attend school or businesses and legal entities located in Essex, Washington, Warren, Clinton, and Franklin Counties in New York and Addison County in Vermont.
- Immediate family members of a person eligible for membership. An immediate family member is defined as a spouse, child, sibling, parent, grandparent, or grandchild. This would include step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, and adopted relationships.
- Eligibility also extends to unrelated persons who share a residence and who maintain a single economic unit. This includes any person who is a permanent member of and helps maintain the household.
Open an Account Online
Please have the following available: (Our online application takes less than 10 minutes).
- Your social security number
- A state-issued Driver’s License, State or Military ID
- A credit or debit card or US checking or savings account to fund your new account. This minimum deposit of $5.00 per member will represent a membership share in the Credit Union.
Open an Account in a TrailNorth branch
Schedule An Appointment
Please bring the following documents with you to open an account:
- A driver's license, plus proof of eligibility.
- A document showing a Social Security number such as a Social Security Card, a copy of a Social Security Card, or a payroll stub.
- Cash or a check for at least $5.00 to make your initial deposit ($10.00 for Joint accounts). This initial deposit represents your membership share in the credit union.
Open an Account By Mail
Our Member Service Representatives can help you open an account by mail. We can even mail or email you everything you need to open a TrailNorth account. Please call us at 518-585-6725 or 888-TFCU-NOW. You will need the documents listed above.
