LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES, Troubled Debt Restructuring by Portfolio Segment (Details)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) loan	Mar. 31, 2016 loan	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of TDRs	1	0	0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	$ 151,000			$ 0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment	151,000			0
Allowance Related to Troubled Debt Restructurings assigned during period	$ 15,000			0
Residential Real Estate \| Court Order
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
Number of TDRs	1		0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Pre-Modification Recorded Investment	$ 151,000			0
Financing Receivable, Modifications, Post-Modification Recorded Investment	151,000			0
Allowance Related to Troubled Debt Restructurings assigned during period	$ 15,000			$ 0

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 33
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66008989&loc=SL6953676-111524

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