Can you get a new SBA loan if an existing SBA loan is past due?
Short answer
No. A business with an existing 7(a) or 504 loan that is not current when the new SBA loan number is issued is ineligible. Current means no required payment has remained unpaid for more than 29 days (SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. A, Ch. 1, Para. E).
No, not until it is current. Your existing 7(a) or 504 loan must be current when the new SBA loan number is issued. If it is not, the business is ineligible under SOP 50 10 8.1, Sec. A, Ch. 1, Para. E.
What current means
A required payment cannot have remained unpaid for more than 29 days. A loan that matured and has not been paid within 29 days of maturity is not current. It also is not eligible for refinancing.
How it gets caught
If the business is delinquent on a 7(a) or 504 loan, the lender sees a caution message in the SBA loan system.
Check the timing
The test runs at loan number issuance. Bring the loan current before your lender requests the number, and ask your servicer for a payment history.
Form 1919
Question 2 covers the applicant, any Associate, any business they own and any affiliate. It asks whether any is currently delinquent on, or has ever defaulted on, a direct or guaranteed federal loan.
Related rules
If a default ended in a loss to the government, the Prior Loss rule applies. A lender also may not increase an existing loan if the applicant fails the citizenship rule (Information Notice 5000-877673, question 5).
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