Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Nonperforming Loans (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Receivables [Abstract]
Loans past due 90 days or more still accruing interest	$ 0	$ 0
Nonaccrual loans	10,526,000	18,970,000
Total nonperforming loans	$ 10,526,000	$ 18,970,000

Financing receivable past due ninety days or more and still accruing interest and nonaccrual loans and troubled debt restructurings accruing interest net.

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- Definition

Recorded investment in financing receivables that are 90 days or more past due and still accruing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 310

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 7

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28368275&loc=d3e5111-111524

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- Definition

Recorded investment in financing receivables that are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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