PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

6.	PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

Premises and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2011			2010
Land	$	9,521		$	7,958
Buildings and improvements		29,296			23,338
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment		19,647			17,554
Automobiles		495			428
Leasehold improvements		10,006			9,249
Construction-in-process		706			214
		69,671			58,741
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(25,073	)		(22,149	)
	$	44,598		$	36,592

Depreciation expense totaled approximately $3.3 million, $3.3 million, and $3.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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