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Derivatives
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block] Derivatives
Park uses certain derivative financial instruments (or "derivatives") to meet the needs of its customers while managing the interest rate risk associated with certain transactions. Park does not use derivatives for speculative purposes. A summary of derivative financial instruments utilized by Park follows.

Interest Rate Swaps
Park utilizes interest rate swap agreements (or "interest rate swaps") as part of its asset-liability management strategy to help manage its interest rate risk position and as a means to meet the financing, interest rate and other risk management needs of qualifying commercial banking customers. The notional amount of the interest rate swaps does not represent the amount exchanged by the parties. The amount exchanged is determined by reference to the notional amount and the other terms of the individual interest rate swap agreements.

In conjunction with the Carolina Alliance acquisition, Park acquired interest rate swaps related to certain commercial loans. Simultaneously with borrowers entering into interest rate swaps, Carolina Alliance entered into offsetting interest rate swaps executed with a third party, such that Carolina Alliance minimized its net interest rate risk exposure resulting from such transactions. These interest rate swaps had a notional amount totaling $12.7 million and $13.1 million at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025, respectively.

While these derivatives represent economic hedges, they do not qualify as hedges for accounting purposes. The aggregate fair value of the interest rate swaps is recorded in "Other assets" and "Other liabilities" with changes in fair value recorded in "Miscellaneous Other Income" and "Miscellaneous Other Expense". During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, no net gain or loss was recorded related to these interest rate swaps.
Summary information about Park's interest rate swaps at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025 follows:

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
(In thousands, except weighted average data)Loan
Derivatives		Loan
Derivatives
Notional amounts$12,692 $13,060 
Weighted average pay rates4.541 %4.533 %
Weighted average receive rates4.541 %4.533 %
Weighted average maturity (years)4.74.9
Unrealized losses$— $— 

The following table reflects the interest rate swaps included in the consolidated condensed balance sheets at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025.

(In thousands)March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Notional AmountFair ValueNotional AmountFair Value
Included in "Other assets":
Loan derivatives - instruments associated with loans
 Matched interest rate swaps with borrower $— $— $— $— 
 Matched interest rate swaps with counterparty12,692 565 13,060 548 
   Total included in "Other assets"$12,692 $565 $13,060 $548 
Included in "Other liabilities":
Loan derivatives - instruments associated with loans
 Matched interest rate swaps with borrower $12,692 $(565)$13,060 $(548)
 Matched interest rate swaps with counterparty— — — — 
    Total included in "Other liabilities"$12,692 $(565)$13,060 $(548)

Mortgage Banking Derivatives
Commitments to fund mortgage loans (interest rate locks) to be sold into the secondary market and forward commitments for the future delivery of these mortgage loans are accounted for as free standing derivatives. In order to hedge the change in interest rates resulting from its commitments to fund the loans, the Company enters into forward commitments for the future delivery of mortgage loans when interest rate locks are entered into. These mortgage banking derivatives are not designated as hedge relationships. The fair value of an interest rate lock is recorded at the time the commitment to fund the mortgage loan is executed and is adjusted for the expected exercise of the commitment before the loan is funded. Fair values of these mortgage banking derivatives are estimated based on changes in mortgage interest rates from the date the interest on the loan is locked. Changes in the fair values of these derivatives are included in "Other service income" in the consolidated condensed statements of income.

At March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025, Park had $8.3 million and $6.0 million, respectively, of interest rate lock commitments. The fair value of these mortgage banking derivatives was reflected by a derivative asset of $154,000 and $115,000 at March 31, 2026 and at December 31, 2025, respectively.

Other Derivatives
In connection with the sale of Park’s Class B Visa shares during 2009, Park entered into a swap agreement with the purchaser of the shares. The swap agreement adjusts for dilution in the conversion ratio of Class B Visa shares resulting from certain Visa litigation. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the fair value of the swap agreement liability of $100,000 and $268,000, respectively, represented an estimate of the exposure based upon probability-weighted potential Visa litigation losses.