---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 120.210"
title: "13"
number: "120.210"
heading: "What percentage of a loan may SBA guarantee?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/120.210"
---

# §120.210. What percentage of a loan may SBA guarantee?


SBA's guarantee percentage must not exceed the applicable percentage established in [section 7(a)](/cfr/13/7.md?p=a) of the Act. The maximum allowable guarantee percentage on a loan will be determined by the loan amount. Loans of $150,000 or less may receive a maximum guaranty of 85 percent. Loans more than $150,000 may receive a maximum guaranty of 75 percent, except as otherwise authorized by law.


## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 68 FR 51680, Aug. 28, 2003; 76 FR 63546, Oct. 12, 2011]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 68 FR 51680, Aug. 28, 2003; 76 FR 63546, Oct. 12, 2011]