Alaska Real Estate Salesperson License requirements

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

1. 1

   Age 19; 40-hour Alaska-approved course (keep it inside 18 months of application)

   Unlike Washington, Alaska does not license 18-year-olds.

2. 2

   Pearson $115 — 80 national + 40 Alaska law, scaled 75, four hours, fail-one-retake-both

   Check the current fee in handbook #092200 ($115), not the older $100 in the Commission FAQ.

3. 3

   Apply within six months: $200 + $120 + $50 recovery fund, E&O, broker hang

   Form #08-4179. The deadline is the same calendar day six months later.

4. 4

   30-hour post-license within one year; affidavit + $50 or the license lapses

   This is in addition to the 20-hour biennial CE. Licenses expire January 31 of even years.

Minimum age

19 years old

Identification

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

Residency and identification

Alaska residency is not required. The key requirements are age 19, 40 Alaska-approved hours, and affiliation with an Alaska broker. Endorsement: an active license elsewhere and work in the profession within the past six months; take the Alaska out-of-state exam; and provide either your original prelicensing education (≤24 months) plus the 6-hour Alaska-law segment, or the entire 40-hour Alaska course. License history from every jurisdiction must be sent directly.

Qualifying education

AREC salesperson page: 40 classroom hours of approved pre-licensing education. 12 AAC 64.063(c) sets out the 40 hours: licensee relationships, disclosure, and conflict of interest 6; forms of ownership 4; property law, public and private rights and limitations 4; forms of conveyances and recording of documents 4; contracts and transaction documents 8; financing instruments and accounting principles 6; Alaska real estate license law and Alaska landlord tenant law 6; federal fair housing and RESPA 2. One contact hour = 50 minutes. The certificate is valid only for the 18 months immediately preceding the date of application (12 AAC 64.063(a); form #08-4179); endorsement courses are valid 24 months. A Washington 90-hour course does not satisfy the 6 Alaska-law hours. After you are licensed, 12 AAC 64.064 requires 30 hours of specified PLE within one year of initial issuance: contracts and agreements 10, property management 4 (Alaska Landlord Tenant Act), licensee law 6 (consumer pamphlet, recovery fund, conflict of interest), paperwork and risk management 6 (Residential Real Property Transfer Disclosure, resale certificates, public offering statements), evaluation and pricing 2, financing to closing 2. File affidavit #08-4326 plus the post-license certification fee within 30 days after that year, or the license lapses. Those 30 hours are in addition to 20 hours of CE (8 designated core + 12 elective) under 12 AAC 64.500.

Education or filing deadline

18 months preceding application. Exam scores valid 6 months. Post-license 30 hours due within 1 year of issuance.

Character review

You may not be under indictment for a felony or other crime that, in the Commission’s judgment, affects competent and safe practice, or for forgery, theft, extortion, conspiracy to defraud creditors, or fraud. After a conviction, seven years must have passed since you completed the sentence (AS 08.88.171). Disclose everything; failing to disclose is a separate ground for denial.

Background process

As required by form #08-4179. Check the current CBPL attachment list; the form does not list an IdentoGO code.

Experience

No licensed experience is required for a salesperson. Affiliation with a licensed Alaska broker is required. An associate broker must be 22 and needs 30 hours of broker training, 36 months of active continuous experience within 60 months, and the broker exam.

Broker affiliation

Salesperson applicants must work, by affiliation, with a licensed Alaska real estate broker (handbook A.4; form #08-4179). Inactive status is available, but if you are inactive more than 24 months, you must retest from the beginning (Commission FAQ).

Pearson VUE (pearsonvue.com/us/en/ak/realestate.html; (800) 274-5992). Handbook PDF 092200; outlines #092202 | 09/2025. The AREC exam page still lists $100; the handbook lists $115, which is the figure used here. · Fee: $115

If you fail either portion, you retake the entire examination. 24-hour wait. $115 each attempt. Walk-ins are not available. Give 48 hours' notice to change or cancel without penalty. Apply within six months of passing (by the same calendar day).

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

Form #08-4179: Nonrefundable Application Fee $200.00, License Fee $120.00, Recovery Fund Fee $50.00 = $370 to State of Alaska. 12 AAC 02.360 (Cornell, am 2/12/2023 Register 245): license $120, biennial renewal $120, application $200, office registration $200, inactivation/reactivation $150, PLE certification $50, reinstatement $140. 12 AAC 64.073: recovery fund $50 at licensure or renewal. Pearson's handbook lists $115, while the AREC exam page lists $100; pay what Pearson charges at reservation. Special-request sites cost $50 more (AREC exam page). The application and license fees are the $200 and $120 shown; the recovery fund is a separate $50.

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  Sitting Pearson at 18 because every other state did

  The minimum age for an Alaska salesperson is 19. The handbook lists it first.

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  Banking a passed national and only retaking Alaska law

  Per the handbook, if you fail one section, you retake the entire examination.

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  Paying $100 because an old Commission FAQ said so

  The current handbook lists $115.

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  Letting the 40-hour certificate age past 18 months before the application is complete

  It is valid only for the 18 months immediately preceding the date of application, not 18 months from the course date plus however long the exam takes.

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  Skipping the 30-hour post-license because 20-hour CE is on the calendar

  They are separate requirements. If you miss PLE, the license lapses 30 days after the first anniversary, and reinstatement has its own fee.

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  Treating a Washington 90 as the named Alaska-law 6 hours

  12 AAC 64.063(c)(7) requires Alaska real estate license law and Alaska landlord tenant law. Endorsement applicants still need the 6-hour Alaska-law segment or the entire 40 hours.

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  Double-counting PLE as the 8-hour designated core

  12 AAC 64.064(e): a course used for PLE may not be used for CE.

Alaska licenses out-of-state licensees by endorsement rather than through reciprocity agreements with named states. You need an active license elsewhere plus work in the profession within six months, and you take the Alaska out-of-state recognition exam. Education: your original prelicensing (≤24 months) plus the 6-hour Alaska-law segment, or the entire 40-hour Alaska course. License history from every jurisdiction must be sent directly. Vermont’s equivalence chart lists Alaska as not equivalent for broker education; that is Vermont’s rule, not Alaska’s.

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.

Minimum age?

19 for salesperson (AREC salesperson page; Pearson handbook A.1). 22 for associate broker / broker (handbook B.1). Unlike Washington, Alaska does not license 18-year-olds.

How many pre-license hours, and what is named?

Forty classroom hours. Per the AREC salesperson page and 12 AAC 64.063(c): relationships/disclosure/conflict 6, ownership 4, property law 4, conveyances 4, contracts 8, financing 6, Alaska license law and landlord tenant 6, fair housing/RESPA 2. The certificate is valid for the 18 months immediately preceding the date of application.

Exam fee, items, time, cut?

Pearson handbook PDF 092200 (09/2025): $115, four hours for both portions combined, scaled 75. National: 80 scored + 5 pretest. Alaska law: 40 scored + 5–10 pretest. The AREC exam page still lists $100 and a $50 surcharge for special sites; the handbook's $115 is the current figure. If you fail one portion, you retake the entire examination; Alaska does not let you keep a passed national score.

What does the hanging cost?

Form #08-4179: $200 application + $120 license + $50 recovery fund = $370 to the State of Alaska, plus the Pearson fee, E&O coverage, and affiliation with a broker. Under 12 AAC 02.360, renewal is $120 plus another $50 recovery fund payment.

Post-license vs CE?

PLE: 30 specified hours within one year of initial issuance (12 AAC 64.064). File affidavit #08-4326 plus the certification fee within 30 days after that year, or the license lapses. CE: 20 hours (8 designated core + 12 elective) each cycle ending January 31 of even years. You cannot count PLE as CE.

Fingerprints?

Form #08-4179 does not list a fingerprint vendor or IdentoGO code. The character review is under AS 08.88.171 (felony / forgery / theft / extortion / conspiracy to defraud / fraud; seven years after completing the sentence). Washington DOL fingerprinting does not apply.

Endorsement?

You need an active license elsewhere and work in the profession within six months. Take the Alaska out-of-state recognition exam. Education: your original prelicensing (≤24 months) plus a 6-hour Alaska-law segment, OR the entire 40-hour Alaska course. License history from every jurisdiction must be sent directly.

Where does Pearson seat?

Per the AREC exam page: electronically, weekly in Anchorage, semi-monthly in Fairbanks, and quarterly in Juneau; other locations on request for $50 more. The handbook's back cover also lists university/AVTEC sites in Dillingham, Ketchikan, Seward, and Sitka. Walk-ins are not available; reserve 24 hours ahead. (800) 274-5992.

What is scored Alaska, not Lower-48 trivia?

The Residential Real Property Transfer Disclosure, Common Interest Ownership Act resale certificates and public offering statements, the Alaska Landlord Tenant Act, the Recovery Fund, and the consumer pamphlet and waiver. A Washington 90-hour course does not cover this material.