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Carrying amount of other real estate not separately disclosed, including, but not limited to, real estate investments, real estate loans that qualify as investments in real estate, and premises that are no longer used in operations may also be included in real estate owned. This does not include real estate assets taken in settlement of troubled loans through surrender or foreclosure.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.10(4))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Other Real Estate Owned - Major Classifications of Other Real Estate Owned (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Other real estate, gross	$ 3,302	$ 106
Less valuation allowance	282	0
Total	3,020	106	$ 106	$ 370
Construction and Farmland
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Other real estate, gross	106	106
Residential Real Estate
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Other real estate, gross	3,196	0
Commercial Real Estate
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Other real estate, gross	$ 0	$ 0