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Commitment and Contingencies
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
In the normal course of business, the Company is party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. These financial instruments include commitments to extend credit.  These instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk not recognized in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit is represented by the contractual amount of those instruments. The Bank uses the same credit policies in making commitments as it does for on-balance-sheet instruments.

Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract.  Since commitments may expire without being drawn upon, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. The Company evaluates each customer’s credit-worthiness on a case-by-case basis. The amount of collateral obtained, if deemed necessary by the Company upon extension of credit, is based on management’s credit evaluation of the party.  However, such loan to value ratios will subsequently change, based on increases and decreases in the supporting collateral values. Collateral held varies, but may include accounts receivable, inventory, property and equipment, residential real estate, land and income-producing commercial properties.

A summary of the Company's commitments at March 31, 2025 and 2024 are listed below (in thousands):

March 31, 2025March 31, 2024
Undisbursed portion of construction loans in process (see Note 4)$75,042 $77,502 
Undisbursed lines of credit117,220 135,883 
Commitments to extend credit27,954 19,106 
$220,216 $232,491 

The Company maintains a separate ACL related to unfunded loan commitments. Management estimates the amount of expected losses related to unfunded, off-balance sheet commitments over the contractual period during which it is exposed to credit risk from its obligation to extend credit, unless the Company has determined that obligation is unconditionally cancellable. The methodology for calculating the ACL on unfunded loan commitments is similar to the methodology for calculating the ACL on loans but also includes an estimate of the future utilization of the commitment as determined by historical utilization. Credit risk associated with the unfunded commitments is consistent with the loss ratio for each loan segment within the ACL for loans. The ACL on unfunded commitments is recognized in other liabilities and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheets and is adjusted as a provision for (recapture of) credit losses on the consolidated income statements. The ACL on unfunded loan commitments totaled $320,000 and $276,000 at March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively
The following table sets forth information for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 regarding activity in the ACL on unfunded loan commitments (dollars in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2025Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Beginning ACL$307 $364 
Provision for (recapture of) credit losses13 *(88)
Ending ACL$320 $276 
*Amount differs from Income Statement due to rounding.
ACLSix Months Ended March 31, 2025Six Months Ended March 31, 2024
Beginning ACL$327 $332 
Impact of adopting CECL (ASU 2016-13)— 65 
Provision for (recapture of) credit losses(7)(121)
Ending ACL$320 $276 

The Bank has an employee severance compensation plan which expires in 2027 that provides severance pay benefits to eligible employees in the event of a change in control of Timberland Bancorp or the Bank (as defined in the plan).  In general, all employees with two or more years of service are eligible to participate in the plan.  Under the plan, in the event of a change in control of Timberland Bancorp or the Bank, eligible employees who are terminated or who terminate employment (but only upon the occurrence of events specified in the plan) within 12 months of the effective date of a change in control would be entitled to a payment based on years of service or officer rank with the Bank.  The maximum payment for any eligible employee would be equal to 18 months of the employee’s current compensation.

Timberland Bancorp has entered into employment agreements with its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Lending Officer, Chief Credit Officer and Chief Technology Officer. These agreements provide for severance payments and other benefits in the event of an involuntary termination of employment following a change in control of Timberland Bancorp or its subsidiary, Timberland Bank. The maximum value of the severance benefits under these agreements is equal to 2.99 times the officer's average annual compensation during the five-year period preceding the effective date of the change in control.

Because of the nature of its activities, the Company is subject to various pending and threatened legal actions which arise in the ordinary course of business.  In the opinion of management, liabilities arising from these claims, if any, will not have a material effect on the future consolidated financial position of the Company.