Section 1489 Of Article 3. Loan Limits From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 3.
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. A commercial bank may lend on the security of a first lien on
real property or a first lien on a leasehold under a lease which
does not expire, or which has been extended or renewed so that it
does not expire, for at least 10 years beyond the maturity date of
the loan, if the criteria of any of the following subdivisions are
satisfied:
(a) The loan is fully guaranteed or insured or covered by a
commitment to guarantee or insure by the United States, the Federal
Housing Administrator, or by any other agency of the United States
which the commissioner shall have approved for the purposes of this
subdivision as an issuer of insurance or guarantees of loans on real
property, whether the proceeds of the guarantee or insurance is
payable in cash or in obligations of the United States.
(b) The loan is fully guaranteed by the United States or any
agency thereof pursuant to the "Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944"
or any act of Congress supplementary or amendatory thereof, or, if a
portion of the loan is so guaranteed, then if the unguaranteed
portion of the loan does not exceed 80 percent of the sound market
value of the property or leasehold for loan purposes as determined by
proper appraisal.
(c) The loan is one in which the Small Business Administration
cooperates through agreements to participate on an immediate or
deferred basis under the Small Business Act, as amended.