Leases

The Company leases certain office facilities and equipment under operating leases. Rental expense also includes occasional rental of automobiles. Rent expense totaled approximately $1,232,000, $896,000, and $793,000 in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The future minimum lease payments under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2017, are summarized as follows:



Year Ended:
2018	$	1,190,734
2019	1,018,685
2020	861,763
2021	766,584
2022	588,720
Thereafter	340,462
Total	$	4,766,948