ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

DEBT SECURITIES (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Contractual Securities) (Detail)

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DEBT SECURITIES (Amortized Cost And Fair Value Of Contractual Securities) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	$ 291,403	$ 259,734
Fair Value	298,310us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities	265,728us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecurities
Held-to-maturity
Amortized Cost	29,355	32,274
Fair Value	29,974	31,315
Less than one year [Member]
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	16,944	5,659
Fair Value	17,246	5,717
One year to five years [Member]
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	121,591	102,535
Fair Value	123,962	104,887
Five years to ten years [Member]
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	60,079	65,174
Fair Value	61,221	66,229
Held-to-maturity
Amortized Cost	298	0
Fair Value	325	0
More than Ten years [Member]
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	350	1,094
Fair Value	358	1,147
Held-to-maturity
Amortized Cost	5,253	5,544
Fair Value	5,716	5,741
Mortgage-backed securities [Member]
Available-for-sale
Amortized Cost	92,439	85,272
Fair Value	95,523	87,748
Held-to-maturity
Amortized Cost	23,804	26,730
Fair Value	$ 23,933	$ 25,574

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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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This item represents the cost of debt and equity securities, which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading, net of adjustments including accretion, amortization, collection of cash, previous other-than-temporary impairments recognized in earnings (less any cumulative-effect adjustments recognized, as defined), and fair value hedge accounting adjustments, if any.

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Fair value of investments in debt securities classified as held-to-maturity.

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