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ACQUISITION (Additional Information) (Detail)

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ACQUISITION (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross $ 20,926,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
Metro Bancshares, Inc [Member]  
Business Acquisition [Line Items]  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross 20,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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= sfbs_MetroBancsharesIncMember
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares 636,592us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroBancsharesIncMember
Estimated Fair Value Of Purchased Credit Impaired Loans Acquired $ 5,100,000sfbs_EstimatedFairValueOfPurchasedCreditImpairedLoansAcquired
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= sfbs_MetroBancsharesIncMember