Kansas Real Estate License Requirements

Kansas

Kansas salesperson is PL-number-first: Citizen Access Salesperson Pre-Licensure, then a 30-hour Principles of Real Estate course that unlocks Pearson Authorization to Test, then Pearson $70 combo (or $70 per paper) at scaled 70 independently — national 80 scored + 5 pretest / 2.5 hours and Kansas 30 scored + 10 pretest / 1.5 hours with BRRETA alone at 11 of 30 — then a 30-hour Kansas Practice Course whose certificate and license application must reach KREC within six months of the course date, then $125 license under a supervising broker (live FAQ: originals cannot issue inactive; $210 total to the Commission is $15 application + $70 background + $125 license). Broker is 30-hour Kansas Real Estate Broker Fundamentals (or 4-hour Kansas Law for out-of-state) plus 30-hour Kansas Real Estate Management, two years of licensed activity in the last three scored on KREC transaction points (3 points commercial/ag over $1,000,000; 1 point otherwise; none for residential property management; 20–39 points with two years is a restricted non-supervising license), Pearson broker Kansas paper 40 scored + 10 pretest, and $175 license ($295 to the Commission with $50 application + $70 background). CE is 12 hours / 2 years including the named Kansas Required Core — NAR Code of Ethics is an elective. Recovery Fund under K.S.A. 58-3067 caps $15,000 per transaction. This paper cannot be renamed to Missouri's 48+MREP or Nebraska's 96: the PL number is the gate, Practice is a six-month application clock, and BRRETA is scored Kansas.

Verified 2026-09-02

The Kansas Real Estate Commission sits at Jayhawk Tower, 700 SW Jackson Street, Suite 404, Topeka, KS 66603-3785. Phone (785) 296-3411. Email krec@ks.gov. Public access is prohibited / by appointment only. Hours Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Statute: K.S.A. 58-3034 et seq. (Brokers' and Salespersons' License Act), BRRETA, and K.S.A. 58-3066 et seq. (Recovery Fund). Pearson VUE delivers the exam under Candidate Handbook #091700 (April 2025, rev7/25; fetched 2026-09-02) and content outlines #091705 (04/2025). Live Pre-License Education page (fetched 2026-09-02): 30-hour Principles of Real Estate (expires 12 months from the course date) then Pearson; 30-hour Kansas Practice Course (application and certificate within six months of the course date). Live FAQ: $210 to the Commission for salesperson ($15 + $70 + $125); $70 Pearson when both portions are scheduled together.

Pearson seats 80 national scored items in 2.5 hours (scaled 70) and 30 Kansas scored items in 1.5 hours (scaled 70) at $70 combo. Both portions and the complete application inside six months of the earlier pass date. Original salesperson affiliates with a supervising broker — cannot issue inactive. CE is 12 hours including Kansas Required Core 3; renewal $125 / 2 years. Fingerprints: Pearson digital $16 at Overland Park, Topeka, and Wichita, or law-enforcement LiveScan/card; background report dies at 6 months.

Broker is named Fundamentals + Management (or Law + Management out-of-state), transaction points, a 40-item Kansas paper, $175 license. Missouri's 48+MREP, Nebraska's 96, Colorado's 168 associate-broker, and Oklahoma's 90-hour provisional are neighbor comparisons, not Kansas's thesis. This paper cannot be renamed to another state: the PL number is the gate, Practice is a six-month application clock, BRRETA is 11 of 30, and the Recovery Fund is a district-court product.

Live Pre-License Education page (fetched 2026-09-02) is the hour bible: 30-hour Principles (expires 12 months from the course date) then Pearson; 30-hour Kansas Practice Course (application and certificate within six months of the course date); broker Fundamentals (12-month exam clock) plus Management (six-month application clock); out-of-state brokers add the 4-hour Kansas Law Course. Pearson handbook #091700 (April 2025, rev7/25) is the sitting bible: $70 combo, scaled 70, 80+30 salesperson / 80+40 broker, 2.5 + 1.5 hours. Live FAQ: $210 salesperson / $295 broker to the Commission; affiliate before you apply; 12-hour CE including Kansas Required Core; Code of Ethics is an elective. Advertising must include the supervising broker's business or trade name prominently (K.S.A. 58-3086) — a scored activity item, not a marketing tip.

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