--- name: guaranty-unlimited title: Unlimited Guaranty description: Drafts a U.S. Unlimited Guaranty for commercial lending transactions. Triggers when user needs an uncapped personal or entity guaranty, credit enhancement, or unlimited recourse instrument for a loan closing. Produces an absolute guaranty of payment (not collection) with comprehensive waivers, subrogation subordination, and continuing-guaranty coverage. author: CaseMark author_url: https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/guaranty-unlimited license: Apache-2.0 version: 0.1.0 execution_mode: open jurisdiction: us practice: finance language: en tags: [agreement, drafting, transactional] --- # Unlimited Guaranty Generates a complete Unlimited Guaranty giving the Lender direct, uncapped recourse against a Guarantor for all present and future Borrower obligations. ## Quick Start Collect before drafting: 1. **Credit documents** — loan agreement, note, or facility defining the guaranteed Obligations 2. **Parties** — full legal names of Guarantor, Borrower, and Lender 3. **Guarantor type** — individual or entity (drives signature block and authority recitals) 4. **Financial reporting** — whether Lender requires ongoing financials from Guarantor ## Document Sections | # | Section | Key Content | |---|---------|-------------| | 1 | Definitions | Obligations (all present/future amounts), Credit Documents, parties | | 2 | Guaranty of Payment | Absolute, unconditional; payment not collection — Lender may proceed directly against Guarantor | | 3 | Unlimited Liability | No cap; covers principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses, indemnities | | 4 | Waivers | Full checklist below | | 5 | Subrogation & Reimbursement | Subordinated/waived until indefeasible payment in full | | 6 | Continuing Guaranty | Survives modifications, renewals, extensions; covers post-execution obligations | | 7 | Financial Covenants *(if required)* | Annual financials, MAC notice, other reporting | | 8 | Governing Law & Jurisdiction | Match underlying loan documents | | 9 | Jury Trial Waiver | Standard commercial waiver | | 10 | Signature Block | Individual: name + date; Entity: officer title + authority recital | ### Required Waivers (Section 4) Guarantor must waive all of the following: - Presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor - Notice of acceptance of Guaranty - Notice of creation or incurrence of new Obligations - Notice of any Borrower or Lender action or inaction - Right to require Lender to proceed first against Borrower or exhaust collateral - Defense based on modification, extension, renewal, or amendment of Obligations - All suretyship defenses (collateral impairment, co-guarantor release, etc.) - Right to require marshaling of assets ### Subrogation Language (Section 5) > Until all Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full and all Lender commitments are terminated, Guarantor waives and subordinates: (i) any subrogation right to Lender's claims against Borrower; (ii) any reimbursement or indemnity right from Borrower; and (iii) any right to participate in Lender-held security. ## Pitfalls & Checks - **Payment not collection** — Section 2 must expressly allow Lender to proceed against Guarantor without exhausting Borrower remedies or collateral - **"Indefeasibly paid in full"** — always use this phrase, not merely "paid in full," to protect against bankruptcy preference/clawback - **Governing law** — must match the underlying loan documents' choice of law and forum - **Entity authority** — for entity Guarantors, include officer certificate or board resolution recital if Lender requires - **Continuing guaranty** — confirm language covers obligations arising after execution - **[VERIFY]** US jurisdiction only; state suretyship statutes may impose additional requirements - **[VERIFY]** Anti-deficiency statutes (CA, AZ, others) may limit enforceability of certain waivers — flag for attorney review ---