Alaska Real Estate Broker or Associate Broker License requirements

Follow these steps in order. Deadlines and affiliation requirements can make a passed exam unusable if they are missed.

1. 1

   Age 22; 36 months in 60; 30-hour broker training (≤18 months)

   Form #08-4160 requires 36 months within 60, even though AS 08.88.171(b) still says 24 within 36 for associate brokers.

2. 2

   Pearson $115 — 80 national + 60 Alaska law, scaled 75, fail-one-retake-both

   Apply within 6 months.

3. 3

   Same $370 State fees plus E&O; office and trust account if you will be the broker

   Associate brokers do not need an office or trust account.

Minimum age

22 years old

Identification

A Social Security number is required. An ITIN is not confirmed as a substitute.

Residency and identification

36 months of active continuous experience within 60 months (12 AAC 64.059 / form #08-4160 / handbook B.4). Endorsement: an active broker license elsewhere plus the same 36 months within 60.

Qualifying education

AREC broker page: 30 classroom hours of approved broker training. 12 AAC 64.063(b) sets out the 30 hours: broker supervision requirements and record keeping 4; trust accounting procedures 3; organizing and managing a real estate office 3; property management 2; then broker-level coverage of the salesperson topics: licensee relationships/disclosure/conflict 3, forms of ownership 2, property law 2, conveyances 2, contracts 2, financing 2, Alaska license law and landlord tenant 3, federal fair housing and RESPA 2. This is not a second 40-hour salesperson course. The certificate is valid 18 months before application (24 months for endorsement). An associate broker who has met (b) does not repeat it to upgrade to broker (12 AAC 64.063(e)). Broker/associate broker PLE (12 AAC 64.064(c), unless AS 08.88.095(f) exempts an initial broker): recovery fund/trust/general accounts 7, practical office management 8, practical supervision 8, risk management 7.

Education or filing deadline

18 months preceding application. Exam 6 months. 30-hour post-license in year one unless AS 08.88.095(f) exempts an initial broker license; confirm with AREC.

Character review

The same AS 08.88.171 character standard applies: seven years must have passed since you completed a disqualifying sentence.

Background process

As required by the current associate-broker / broker application.

Experience

36 months of active continuous experience as a real estate licensee within the 60 months immediately preceding application, with real estate as your principal occupation (handbook B.4; 12 AAC 64.059). Submit an affidavit of experience signed by your supervising broker(s) unless your license histories already prove it. AS 08.88.171(b) still says 24 months within 36 for associate brokers, but the current form requires 36 within 60.

Broker affiliation

An associate broker is employed by a licensed broker. A broker owns a real estate business or is employed as the broker by an entity, and must have an Alaska office and a trust account at an Alaska bank (not required for associate brokers).

Pearson VUE, $115 · Fee: $115

If you fail one portion, you retake both. 24-hour wait. Apply within 6 months.

These are commission or testing-vendor amounts we can cite. School tuition and optional preparation products are private-market prices.

The same $200+$120+$50 as for salespersons. Pearson $115. Initial office registration is $200 if you open an office (12 AAC 02.360(a)(6)).

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  Relying on the 24-in-36 statute language when the current form requires 36 in 60

  Use form #08-4160 and 12 AAC 64.059. Confirm the requirement before you submit an experience affidavit that falls short.

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  Opening as broker without an Alaska-bank trust account

  Required for brokers, not for associate brokers. Brokers applying by endorsement must also open an Alaska office.

Endorsement: an active broker license elsewhere, 36 months within 60, 30 hours of broker training or equivalent (≤24 months), the 6-hour Alaska-law segment, and the out-of-state recognition exam. An office and trust account are required for brokers, not associate brokers.

Alaska vs other large markets

Hours are the pre-license total printed in each guide; states that count credits or named courses show “See guide.” Published state fees add the application, exam, initial-license, and fingerprint amounts the guide can cite — tuition is not included.

Age and experience?

Age 22, plus 36 months of active continuous experience as a real estate licensee within the last 60 months, with real estate as your principal occupation (handbook B.4; AREC broker page; 12 AAC 64.059). AS 08.88.171(b) still says 24 months within 36 for associate brokers, but the current form #08-4160 requires 36 within 60. Meet the requirement on the current form.

Named 30-hour broker grid?

12 AAC 64.063(b): supervision/record keeping 4, trust accounting 3, organizing/managing an office 3, property management 2, plus broker-level coverage of the salesperson topics (18). This is not the 40-hour salesperson course.

Exam?

The same Pearson exam rules: $115 per the handbook ($100 on the AREC page), four hours, scaled 75, and a full retake if you fail one portion. The broker Alaska law portion has 60 scored items, including a 15-item broker-only section (trust, supervision, place of business, recordkeeping).

Office and trust?

Required for brokers (who own the brokerage or work as the broker for an entity). Not required for associate brokers working under a broker.