---identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s120.923"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "13 CFR § 120.923 - Policies on subordination."title_number: 13title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"section_number: "120.923"section_name: "Policies on subordination."chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"part_number: "120"part_name: "BUSINESS LOANS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "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"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t13/s120.923
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Small Business Administration
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, 1... 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.
# 120.923 Policies on subordination.(a) Financing provided by the seller of Project Property must be subordinate to the 504 loan. SBA may waive the subordination requirement if the property is classified as “other real estate owned” by a national bank or other Federally regulated lender and SBA considers the property to be of sufficient value to support the 504 loan.(b) A Borrower is eligible for a 504 loan even if part of the Project financing is tax-exempt. SBA's lien position must not be subordinate to loans made from the proceeds of the tax-exempt obligation.(c) The Borrower must not prepay any Project financing subordinate to the 504 loan without SBA's prior written consent.[61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 68 FR 57988, Oct. 7, 2003]