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# eth_getBalance

> Returns the balance of the account of given address.

#### Path parameters

<ResponseField name="apiKey" type="string" required>
  Your API key for authentication
</ResponseField>

#### Request

<ResponseField name="address" type="string" required>
  Address to check for balance
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="tag" type="string">
  Tag for the state ("latest", "earliest", "pending"). Defaults to "latest" if null
</ResponseField>

#### Example request `params`

```javascript theme={null}
[
  "0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1",
  "latest"
]
```

<RequestExample>
  ```shellscript curl theme={null}
  curl https://site1.moralis-nodes.com/polygon/:apiKey \
    -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "eth_getBalance", "params": ["0x407d73d8a49eeb85d32cf465507dd71d507100c1", "latest"], "id": 1}'
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json JSON theme={null}
  {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1,
    "result": "0x0234c8a3397aab58"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>