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13 CFR § 120.941 - Certificates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s120.941"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "13 CFR § 120.941 - Certificates."
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "120.941"
section_name: "Certificates."
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "120"
part_name: "BUSINESS LOANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "120"
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# 120.941 Certificates.

(a) The face value of a Certificate must be at least $25,000. Certificates are issued in registered form and transferred only by entry on the central registry maintained by the Trustee. SBA guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on the Certificates.

(b) Before the sale of a Certificate, the seller, or the broker or dealer acting as the seller's agent, must disclose to the purchaser the terms, conditions, yield, and premium and other characteristics not guaranteed by SBA.