PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

6.	PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

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

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Land	$	14,949		$	9,521
Buildings and improvements		40,505			29,296
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment		23,775			19,647
Automobiles		812			495
Leasehold improvements		10,047			10,006
Construction-in-process		1,562			706
		91,650			69,671
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(28,189	)		(25,073	)
	$	63,461		$	44,598

Depreciation expense totaled approximately $3.8 million, $3.3 million, and $3.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, 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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