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Commitments and Off-Balance Sheet Risk (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Commitments and Off-Balance Sheet Risk [Abstract] |
Maximum exposure to credit losses for loan commitments and standby letters of credit outstanding |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Commercial unused lines of credit |  | $ | 222,237,000 |  |  | $ | 171,683,000 |
Unused lines of credit secured by 1 – 4 family residential properties |  |  | 24,250,000 |  |  |  | 24,663,000 |
Credit card unused lines of credit |  |  | 8,512,000 |  |  |  | 7,565,000 |
Other consumer unused lines of credit |  |  | 4,613,000 |  |  |  | 3,367,000 |
Commitments to make loans |  |  | 64,565,000 |  |  |  | 30,929,000 |
Standby letters of credit |  |  | 10,591,000 |  |  |  | 15,923,000 |
Total commitments |  | $ | 334,768,000 |  |  | $ | 254,130,000 |
Instruments carried at fair value |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | Contract Amount |  |  | Carrying Value |  |  | Contract Amount |  |  | Carrying Value |
Standby letters of credit |  | $ | 10,591,000 |  |  | $ | 218,000 |  |  | $ | 15,923,000 |  |  | $ | 210,000 |

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