Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1. Organization Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc. (the “Company”) is the holding company for Virginia Commonwealth Bank, formerly known as Bank of Lancaster (the “Bank” or “VCB”), for VCB Financial Group, Inc., formerly known as Bay Trust Company (the “Financial Group” or “VCBFG”), and for Steptoes Holdings, LLC (“Steptoes Holdings”). The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc., the Bank, the Financial Group, and Steptoes Holdings. Virginia Commonwealth Bank is a state-chartered bank, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Federal Reserve System. It serves businesses, professionals, and consumers through 19 banking offices located in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of Virginia, the greater Richmond area of central Virginia, and Suffolk and Virginia Beach in the Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. The Bank offers a wide range of deposit and loan products to its retail and commercial customers. A substantial amount of the Bank’s deposits are interest-bearing. The majority of the Bank’s loan portfolio is secured by real estate. The Financial Group provides management services for personal and corporate trusts, including estate planning, estate settlement, and trust administration, and investment and wealth management services from its Richmond and Kilmarnock, Virginia offices. Products and services include revocable and irrevocable living trusts, testamentary trusts, custodial accounts, investment planning, brokerage services, investment managed accounts, and managed, as well as self-directed, individual retirement accounts. On April 1, 2017, the Company completed its merger with Virginia BanCorp Inc., which is further discussed in Note 3, and as such, the consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect the combined operations of the business combination since the effective time of the merger. In August 2017, the Company completed a private placement of 3,783,784 shares of common stock at an offering price of $9.25 per share to certain existing shareholders, institutional investors, and other accredited investors. Proceeds from the offering, net of offering expenses, were $32.9 million. The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and to the general practices within the banking industry. In management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements, have been included. Certain amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements of prior periods have been reclassified to conform to current year presentations. The reclassifications had no effect on net income, net income per share, or shareholders’ equity as previously reported. All dollar amounts included in the tables in these notes are in thousands, except per share data, unless otherwise stated.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1. Organization

Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc. (the “Company”) is the holding company for Virginia Commonwealth Bank, formerly known as Bank of Lancaster (the “Bank” or “VCB”), for VCB Financial Group, Inc., formerly known as Bay Trust Company (the “Financial Group” or “VCBFG”), and for Steptoes Holdings, LLC (“Steptoes Holdings”). The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Bay Banks of Virginia, Inc., the Bank, the Financial Group, and Steptoes Holdings.

Virginia Commonwealth Bank is a state-chartered bank, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Federal Reserve System. It serves businesses, professionals, and consumers through 19 banking offices located in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of Virginia, the greater Richmond area of central Virginia, and Suffolk and Virginia Beach in the Hampton Roads area of eastern Virginia. The Bank offers a wide range of deposit and loan products to its retail and commercial customers. A substantial amount of the Bank’s deposits are interest-bearing. The majority of the Bank’s loan portfolio is secured by real estate.

The Financial Group provides management services for personal and corporate trusts, including estate planning, estate settlement, and trust administration, and investment and wealth management services from its Richmond and Kilmarnock, Virginia offices. Products and services include revocable and irrevocable living trusts, testamentary trusts, custodial accounts, investment planning, brokerage services, investment managed accounts, and managed, as well as self-directed, individual retirement accounts.

On April 1, 2017, the Company completed its merger with Virginia BanCorp Inc., which is further discussed in Note 3, and as such, the consolidated financial statements presented herein reflect the combined operations of the business combination since the effective time of the merger.

In August 2017, the Company completed a private placement of 3,783,784 shares of common stock at an offering price of $9.25 per share to certain existing shareholders, institutional investors, and other accredited investors. Proceeds from the offering, net of offering expenses, were $32.9 million.

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and to the general practices within the banking industry. In management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements, have been included.

Certain amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements of prior periods have been reclassified to conform to current year presentations. The reclassifications had no effect on net income, net income per share, or shareholders’ equity as previously reported.

All dollar amounts included in the tables in these notes are in thousands, except per share data, unless otherwise stated.