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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Common Stock, Dividends Paid | The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of common stock dividends per share paid to stockholders for the years ended December 31:
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Ordinary dividends | $ | 1.513705 |  |  | $ | 1.363294 |  |  | $ | 1.306992 |
Qualified dividends | — |  |  | 0.019005 |  |  | 0.006212 |
Capital gain | — |  |  | 0.007806 |  |  | 0.008603 |
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain | — |  |  | 0.011055 |  |  | 0.015362 |
Nontaxable distributions | 0.266295 |  |  | 0.308840 |  |  | 0.312831 |
| $ | 1.780000 |  |  | $ | 1.710000 |  |  | $ | 1.650000 |
Preferred Stock, Dividends Paid | The following presents the characterization for tax purposes of Series D, E and F Preferred Stock dividends per share and dividends declared and paid to stockholders for the year ended December 31:
| Series F(3) |  | Series E(2) |  | Series D(1)
| 2016 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Ordinary dividends | $ | 0.231111 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.385670 |  |  | $ | 1.393700 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |  |  | $ | 1.610538 |  |  | $ | 1.619870 |
Qualified dividends | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.020141 |  |  | 0.005738 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.023409 |  |  | 0.006670 |
Capital gain | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.007937 |  |  | 0.009177 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.009225 |  |  | 0.010666 |
Unrecaptured Section 1250 Gain | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.011252 |  |  | 0.016385 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.013078 |  |  | 0.019044 |
Dividend paid per share | $ | 0.231111 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.425000 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |  |  | $ | 1.656250 |
Dividends declared and paid | $ | 3,189 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 16,387 |  |  | $ | 19,047 |  |  | $ | 19,047 |  |  | $ | 19,047 |
Common Stock |
Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Schedule of Dividends Declared and Paid | The following table outlines the dividends declared and paid for NNN's common stock for the years ended December 31 (in thousands, except per share data):
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Dividends | $ | 257,007 |  |  | $ | 228,699 |  |  | $ | 204,157 |
Per share | 1.780 |  |  | 1.710 |  |  | 1.650 |

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