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Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months and for which there was a payment default.

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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 34
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84173941&loc=SL6953682-111524

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Amount of investment related to financing receivables modified by troubled debt restructurings within the previous 12 months, for which there was a payment default.

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LOANS AND ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (Schedule of TDR by Segment) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) loan	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) loan
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
No. of Loans \| loan	3		8
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 537,000	$ 23,000	$ 1,622,000	$ 23,000
Construction and Land Development
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
No. of Loans \| loan	0		2
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 198,000
Commercial Real Estate - Owner Occupied
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
No. of Loans \| loan	0	1	1	1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 0		$ 469,000
Commercial & Industrial
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
No. of Loans \| loan	1		1
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 350,000		$ 350,000
Residential 1-4 Family
Financing Receivable, Modifications [Line Items]
No. of Loans \| loan	2		4
Recorded Investment \| $	$ 187,000		$ 605,000