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MCA Personal Guarantee: What You Actually Signed — and What It Can Really Reach

“We’ll come after you personally” is the collection industry’s favorite sentence, and it works because you signed something at funding you probably never read closely. Here’s the honest picture: yes, the guaranty is real — and its scope, its triggers, and what a judgment can lawfully reach in your state are all narrower than the phone calls suggest. Fear makes bad deals. Facts make good ones.

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JT Milton Merchant Advisory reads the guaranty alongside the advance in every file — scope, triggers, and exposure — and negotiates resolutions that release the guarantor in writing, not just the business. Nothing here is legal advice; for personal-asset questions, a licensed attorney in your state belongs on your team, and we work alongside them.

What You Signed

Guaranty of performance vs. guaranty of payment — the distinction that matters

Many MCA guaranties are styled as performance guaranties: you personally guarantee that the business will honor its obligations — deposit revenue as agreed, not switch bank accounts to dodge debits, not breach its representations — rather than absolutely guaranteeing the money back. The practical difference is when your personal exposure triggers: a business that simply fails despite honoring the agreement presents a different guaranty picture than one accused of diverting revenue. Funders blur this distinction on collection calls; courts don’t — guarantor liability gets litigated on its own terms, and funders have been denied judgment against guarantors even while winning against the business. What your guaranty says is a reading exercise, not a mystery: bring it to the free review.

What It Can Reach

Between the threat and your assets stand process — and your state’s law

A guaranty is not a lien on your life. To reach personal assets, the funder must sue you, win (including on the guaranty’s own terms), and then enforce the judgment under your state’s rules — where homestead protections, exemption schemes, and procedure vary enormously, and where several states sharply limit the collection tools available for commercial debts. If you’ve been named personally in a suit already, the response deadline is yours too — a personal default judgment is how threats become liens. And in any negotiated resolution, the guarantor’s written release belongs on the term sheet: settlements and restructurings routinely include one, but only when someone insists on it.

Common Questions

MCA personal guaranties: FAQ

Did I personally guarantee my MCA?

Almost certainly there's a guaranty in the package — most MCA agreements include one, signed by the owner. But what kind matters: many are styled as 'performance guaranties,' where you guarantee the business will honor its promises (not divert revenue, not breach representations) rather than absolutely guaranteeing repayment. The difference decides when the guaranty actually triggers — and it's the first thing to have checked in your specific documents, free.

Can the MCA company come after my house and personal accounts?

Not automatically, and not without process. A guaranty gives the funder the right to pursue you personally if it triggers — meaning suing you, winning, and then enforcing a judgment under your state's rules, which include exemptions and protections that vary enormously (homestead protections, wage rules, and procedure differ by state — see your state's guide). The distance between 'they're threatening my house' on a collection call and what a judgment can lawfully reach in your state is usually substantial. Know your state's actual rules before fear makes your decisions.

I was sued personally along with my business. Is that normal?

Yes — funders routinely name the guarantor as a co-defendant, and the same response deadline applies to you personally (generally 20–30 days in New York, where most suits are filed). It also matters that guarantor liability is litigated on its own terms: courts have denied funders judgment against guarantors even while granting it against the business, because the guaranty's scope and triggers have to be proven too. Respond on time, and get the guaranty itself reviewed — not just the advance.

Does a settlement or restructuring release my personal guarantee?

It should — and making sure it does, in writing, is one of the most important lines in any resolution. Negotiated settlements and restructurings routinely include a release of the guarantor alongside the business. A deal that resolves the company's obligation while leaving your personal exposure alive is a badly negotiated deal; it's on the checklist in every resolution we touch.

Should I move assets out of my name now?

Be very careful: transfers made while collection is foreseeable can be attacked as fraudulent transfers, unwound, and used against you — turning a defensible position into a worse one. Asset-protection questions belong with a licensed attorney in your state, before you move anything. What we can do today, free, is read the guaranty and the position, and tell you what your actual exposure looks like — which is usually the fear-killer.

Know what your guaranty actually says — before fear negotiates for you.

Free review of the guaranty and the whole position: your real exposure, your state’s protections, and a resolution path that releases you in writing.

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