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Investment Securities - Non-Marketable Securities (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Jan. 28, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 29, 2015
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Federal Home Loan Bank stock, par value $ 100bmrc_FederalHomeLoanBankStockParValue      
Investments in low income housing tax credit funds $ 2,800,000us-gaap_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestments   $ 1,800,000us-gaap_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestments  
Low income housing tax credits and other tax benefits 72,000bmrc_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestmentsTaxCredits      
Low income housing amortization expense 56,000us-gaap_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestmentsAmortization      
Unfunded commitments for low income housing tax credit funds 2,200,000bmrc_AffordableHousingProgramUnfundedCommitments      
Visa Inc. | Visa Inc. Class A common stock        
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio   4us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteStockSplitConversionRatio1
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Visa Inc. | Visa Inc. Class B common stock        
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Stockholders' Equity Note, Stock Split, Conversion Ratio 1.6483us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteStockSplitConversionRatio1
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Visa Inc. Class B common stock        
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Number of shares of securities carried at cost 16,939us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares
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Carrying value of securities carried at cost 0us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments
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Fair value of Class B common stock 1,800,000us-gaap_CostMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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  1,800,000us-gaap_CostMethodInvestmentsFairValueDisclosure
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Subsequent event        
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Federal Home Loan Bank, dividend rate percentage       7.67%bmrc_FederalHomeLoanBankDividendRatePercentage
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Other assets        
Schedule of Cost-method Investments [Line Items]        
Federal Home Loan Bank stock $ 8,200,000us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock
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  $ 8,200,000us-gaap_FederalHomeLoanBankStock
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