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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82895541&loc=d3e18845-111554

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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses - Troubled Debt Restructuring by Class (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) loan	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Number of loans removed from TDR resignation \| loan	0	0	5
Recorded investment of loans removed from TDR resignation			$ 1,600,000
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	$ 16,520,000	$ 18,168,000
TDR loans accruing interest as of period end	0
Acquired loans included in TDR	0
Commercial \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	2,165,000	2,207,000
Commercial real estate \| Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	6,999,000	6,993,000
Commercial real estate \| Commercial real estate, investor
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	2,171,000	2,256,000
Commercial real estate \| Construction
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	2,969,000	3,245,000
Residential loans \| Home equity
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	347,000	625,000
Residential loans \| Other residential
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	1,148,000	1,965,000
Consumer loans \| Installment and other consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Recorded investment in Troubled Debt Restructurings	$ 721,000	$ 877,000