Available-for-sale Securities, Transfers to Held-to-maturity

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Commercial Real Estate Owner Occupied Percentage For Collateral

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[Line Items] for Significant Accounting Policies [Table]

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The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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Amount of cash inflow from realized tax benefit related to deductible compensation cost reported on the entity's tax return for equity instruments in excess of the compensation cost for those instruments recognized for financial reporting purposes.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Transfer of securities from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity	$ 0	$ 31,346	$ 0
Real Estate - owner-occupied percentage minimum for collateral	50.00%
Tax benefit from exercise of stock options	$ 6	7	17
Amortization expense, intangible asset	$ 320	$ 337	$ 268
Minimum \| Core deposits
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible asset	7 years
Maximum \| Core deposits
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life of intangible asset	10 years
Premises \| Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of premises and equipment	20 years
Premises \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of premises and equipment	40 years
Leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment \| Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of premises and equipment	3 years
Leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of premises and equipment	10 years