---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1786.208"
title: "7"
number: "1786.208"
heading: "Increased principal."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1786.208"
---

# §1786.208. Increased principal.


A borrower can meet the premium requirements by increasing the outstanding principal balance of the loan advance that is being refinanced. If it does so the borrower shall make a payment at the time of the refinancing equal to 2.5 percent of the amount of the premium that is added to the outstanding principal balance of the loan.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178 (7 U.S.C. 6941 et seq. ); sec. 1201(b) of subtitle B of title 1 of Pub. L. 103-66, 107 Stat. 312.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 51008, Sept. 30, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 901-950b; Title I, subtitle B, Pub. L. 99-509; Pub. L. 101-624, 104 Stat. 4051; Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178, (7 U.S.C. 6941 et seq. ), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 1145, Jan. 11, 1990, unless otherwise noted.