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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Corporation is a party to certain financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk such as commitments under standby letters of credit, unused portions of lines of credit, overdraft protection and commitments to fund new loans. In accordance with GAAP, these financial instruments are not recorded in the financial statements. The Corporation's policy is to record such instruments when funded. These transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit, interest rate, and liquidity risk.  Such transactions are generally used by the Corporation to manage clients' requests for funding and other client needs.
The following table presents the contractual amounts of financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):
 September 30, 2024December 31, 2023
 Fixed RateVariable RateFixed RateVariable Rate
Commitments to make loans$9,885 $53,971 $23,809 $78,790 
Unused lines of credit$6,139 $356,708 $3,387 $332,439 
Standby letters of credit$— $19,674 $— $11,317 
Commitments to make real estate and home equity loans are generally made for periods of sixty days or less. As of September 30, 2024, the fixed rate real estate and home equity commitments to make loans have interest rates ranging from 5.50% to 7.38% and maturities ranging from four years to thirty years. Commitments to fund commercial draw notes are generally made for periods of three months to twenty-four months. As of September 30, 2024, the fixed rate commercial draw commitments have interest rates ranging from 2.79% to 7.88%.
Because many commitments and almost all standby letters of credit expire without being funded in whole or in part, the contract amounts are not estimates of future cash flows. Loan commitments and unused lines of credit have off-balance sheet credit risk because only origination fees are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet until commitments are fulfilled or expire. The credit risk amounts are equal to the contractual amounts, assuming the amounts are fully advanced and collateral or other security is of no value. The Corporation does not anticipate losses as a result of these transactions. These commitments also have off-balance sheet interest rate risk in that the interest rate at which these commitments were made may not be at market rates on the date the commitments are fulfilled.
In conjunction with the Corporation's adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), an allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitments was established as of January 1, 2023. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the allowance for credit losses on unfunded commitments was $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

In the normal course of business, there are various outstanding claims and legal proceedings involving the Corporation or its subsidiaries. At September 30, 2024, the Corporation believes that it is not a party to any pending legal, arbitration, or regulatory proceedings that could have a material adverse impact on its financial results or liquidity.