Note 8 - Specific Reserve for Loans Modified as TDR's (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]
TDRs with no specific allowance recorded - unpaid principal balance	$ 2,860	$ 1,787
TDRs with an allowance recorded - unpaid principal balance	568	491
Unpaid principal balance	3,428	2,278
TDRs with an allowance recorded - related allowance	$ 388	$ 491

Amount of investment in loans modified under a troubled debt restructuring for which there is a related allowance for credit losses.

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Amount of allowance for credit losses related to receivables which had been measured under a general allowance for credit losses methodology that are now identified as troubled debt restructurings.

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The amount of the outstanding recorded investment related to financing receivables that have been modified by troubled debt restructurings.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 40
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25495931&loc=d3e18845-111554

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Recorded Investment
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65880944

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Amount of receivables for which the allowance for credit losses had previously been measured under a general allowance for credit losses methodology, and are now identified as troubled debt restructurings.

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