---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 646"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "646"
heading: "Liens"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/646"
units:
  - "Chapter 14A — Aid to Small Business"
---

# §646. Liens


Any interest held by the [Administration](/usc/15/636e.md?p=1) in property, as security for a loan, shall be subordinate to any lien on such property for taxes due on the property to a [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2), or political subdivision thereof, in any case where such lien would, under applicable [State](/usc/15/15g.md?p=2) law, be superior to such interest if such interest were held by any party other than the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 85–536, § 2[17], July 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 396.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Section 217 of act July 30, 1953, ch. 282, title II, 67 Stat. 239, was previously classified to this section. See section 640 of this title, and Codification note set out under section 631 of this title.