IN real estate licensing guide
Indiana
Indiana does not issue a salesperson license: entry is already a 90-hour broker after Pearson VUE (not PSI) at scaled 75 on 145 questions for $55, IdentoGO only after the PLA application, and a 30-hour postlicensing fuse in the first two years.
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The Indiana Real Estate Commission sits inside the Professional Licensing Agency at 402 W. Washington Street, Room W072, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Phone (317) 234-3009. Email pla5@pla.in.gov. MyLicense One is the portal. Statute: IC 25-34.1; fees in 876 IAC 5; postlicensing in 876 IAC 7-4; CE in 876 IAC 7-5. Pearson VUE — not PSI — delivers the exam under Candidate Handbook #091500 (March 2025) at pearsonvue.com/us/en/in/realestate.html, (800) 274-2717. Pearson replaced PSI effective March 3, 2025. Outlines #091501 are effective March 1, 2025. Walk-ins are not available. OnVUE is not this product.
The credential names are the first trap. Indiana does not issue a salesperson license. IC 25-34.1-3-4.1 and the handbook want a 90-hour Commission-approved broker pre-licensing course; both national and state portions must be passed within one year of course completion. ReIN-Broker is 145 questions in 240 minutes at a scaled 75 for $55: 80 scored national plus 5 pretest, 50 scored state plus 5–10 pretest. Endorsement is ReIN-BrokerEnd: 60 questions, 90 minutes, still $55, after PLA approval, and the 90-hour course is not required. Exam results are then good one year from passing. Apply in MyLicense One at $60, then IdentoGO — a Criminal Background Check dated before the application date is invalid. PLA has cited $38.20 as the IdentoGO package; pay the live cart.
876 IAC 7-4-2 is the postlicensing fuse: 30 hours in the first two years after issuance (6 Indiana transactions, 6 financing, 10 business planning, 5 negotiating and counseling, 1 cultural diversity and fair housing, 2 construction). That 30 fully satisfies two CE years. After that, 12 hours every July 1–June 30. Licenses renew every three years at $60. Managing broker is a later eligibility: 24-hour course, three years of active Indiana broker licensure, and the same ReIN-Broker Pearson sitting. Four of the 12 CE hours must be managing-broker CE in any year you function as one.
Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan sit PSI. Kentucky still says salesperson. Indiana is the 90-hour, Pearson-not-PSI, scaled-75, post-application-IdentoGO, 30-hour-postlicensing, broker-entry jurisdiction on that map.
Licensing authority
Indiana Professional Licensing Agency — Indiana Real Estate Commission
IREC / PLA / IPLA
Indiana does not issue a salesperson license. The Commission, through PLA, licenses brokers (the entry credential) and managing brokers, contracts Pearson VUE (not PSI) for the exam, and fingerprints after application via IdentoGO. A Criminal Background Check dated before the application date is invalid. Email pla5@pla.in.gov. MyLicense One is the portal.
IC 25-34.1 (especially 25-34.1-3-4.1 qualifications); 876 IAC 5 (fees), 876 IAC 7-4 (30-hour postlicensing), 876 IAC 7-5 (12-hour CE year) 402 W. Washington Street, Room W072, Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 234-3009
Official commission siteLicense types in Indiana
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Indiana Real Estate Broker License
90-hour Commission-approved broker prelicensing course, plus 30 hours of postlicensing education in the first two years after issuance · Pearson VUE (not PSI), https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/in/realestate.html, (800) 274-2717. Handbook series 091500, March 2025. Outlines #091501 effective March 1, 2025. Test-center only.
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Indiana Real Estate Managing Broker Eligibility
24-hour Commission-approved managing-broker course (plus 3 years of licensure and the Pearson broker exam) · Pearson VUE, same ReIN-Broker series as entry (handbook #091500). PLA: "This is the Broker Exam."
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