Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses Schedule of Troubled Debt Restructured Loan Modifications (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) loans	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) loans	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) loans
Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]
Troubled debt restructured loan modifications, pre-modification recorded investment	$ 149	$ 0	$ 31
Troubled debt restructured loan modifications, post-modification recorded investment	$ 149	$ 0	$ 31
Troubled debt restructured loan modifications, number \| loans	3	0	1

Number of financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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=49124121&loc=SL6953676-111524

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Note 7. Impaired Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses [Abstract]

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