Loans - Troubled Debt Restructurings (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Loans
Recorded investment of troubled debt restructurings	$ 1,039,000	$ 649,000
Troubled debt restructurings, nonaccrual loans	590,000	36,000
Troubled debt restructurings, accruing loans	449,000	613,000
Specific reserves	20,000	38,000
Additional loan committed on any loans classified as troubled debt restructuring.	$ 0	$ 0

Additional loan committed on any loans classified as troubled debt restructuring.

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Represents the amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are on nonaccrual status as of the balance sheet date.

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Represents the amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings and are still accruing as of the balance sheet date.

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Amount of financing receivable modified as troubled debt restructuring.

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