Oregon Real Estate Broker License (entry-level — no salesperson license) requirements

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

1. 1

   Register in eLicense; apply for a broker license; pay the $300 nonrefundable fee; receive an Applicant ID

   Do this BEFORE the 150 hours. The school cannot notify PSI without the Applicant ID. Verified live 2026-09-02.

2. 2

   Complete 150 hours in seven named courses (Law 30, Practice 30, Finance 30, Contracts 15, Agency 15, PM 10, Brokerage 20)

   75% course finals at a private career school; C or equivalent at a college. Only Oregon-approved providers. Courses on or after January 1, 2013.

3. 3

   PSI $75: national 80/150 min + Oregon 50/90 min at 75% each

   School notifies PSI. Split retake inside 12 months. Scores good one year.

4. 4

   Fingerprints at PSI after you pass in person ($61.25 on bulletin 3376); managing principal broker adds the pending license in eLicense

   Clearance good one year. One license at a time. Email when issued.

5. 5

   First active renewal: 2-hour Fair Housing + 2- or 3-hour LARRC + 26- or 27-hour Broker Advanced Practices (HB 3137 as of January 1, 2026)

   Birth-month cycle; first period 13–24 months. Later renewals: Fair Housing + LARRC + electives to 30. $300 active / $150 inactive. Certificates 3 years.

Minimum age

18 years old

Identification

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

Residency and identification

Live Broker Licensing page: 18; high school diploma, GED, or international equivalent. Oregon residency is not independently required. Apply in eLicense first ($300 nonrefundable) so the school can use your Applicant ID. Only courses completed on or after January 1, 2013 meet licensing requirements. One license at a time. Out-of-state experience is a principal-broker path (certified history + 150 + 40-hour BASS), not an entry-broker waiver of the seven named courses.

Qualifying education

Live Broker Licensing page (fetched 2026-09-02): 150 hours of required broker pre-license education from an Agency-approved real estate school. OAR 863-022-0010 names the seven courses and the course-final question counts (60 / 60 / 60 / 30 / 30 / 20 / 40). Private career schools: 75% on each final. College path: grade of C or equivalent. Only Oregon community colleges/colleges/universities or HECC-licensed Oregon private career schools. Give the school your Applicant ID — apply in eLicense first. Live educator page: the provider notifies PSI when you are eligible; provides a certificate of completion. The 150 is not eligible for CE credit (OAR 863-022-0010(6)). A Washington 90, Idaho 90, or California 135 is not this 150.

Education or filing deadline

Only courses completed on or after January 1, 2013 meet licensing requirements (live Broker Licensing page). PSI scores good one year. Fingerprint clearance good one year. The Agency can only issue while both are valid.

Character review

ORS 696.022: only a person who is trustworthy and competent to conduct professional real estate activity can get a license. The law does not list specific criminal offenses that automatically bar a license (live background-check page). Disclose everything; failing to disclose may result in denial. Having a record does not automatically prevent licensure — the Agency reviews individually.

Background process

Started by the eLicense application questions plus PSI digital fingerprints ($61.25 on bulletin 3376). OSP + FBI. About 2 weeks typical. Clearance good one year.

Experience

No licensed experience for the entry broker license. A managing principal broker must add the pending license into the business in eLicense before issuance. Principal broker later: three years of active real estate license experience plus the 40-hour BASS course.

Broker affiliation

Live Broker Licensing page: associated with and supervised by a managing principal broker. A license is issued when the background check clears, the new managing principal broker adds the pending license into the business in eLicense, and the Agency completes a final review. You will receive an email when the license is issued. An individual can hold only one real estate license at a time. Registered business names are a principal-broker product. Inactive licensees cannot conduct professional real estate activity.

PSI Services (test-takers.psiexams.com/orre; (833) 892-5441; bulletin 3376). $75 per attempt. Not Pearson. School notifies PSI only after you have an Applicant ID and have finished the 150. · Fee: $75

Fee valid for one exam attempt / one year; fail and reschedule and pay another $75. Pass only one section of the Broker License examination and retake only the failed section; the passed score is valid 12 months, then both sections again. Passing scores valid one year from the date of passing — activate / issue inside that year or retake to become licensed. Remote or in-person.

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

Live Broker Licensing page: $300 nonrefundable application fee in eLicense. Application and initialLicense in this object are that same $300, not stacked twice — the live page does not print a second original-license dollar on top of the application. Live renewal page: active renewal $300; inactive renewal $150; late active $300 + $150 late fee; late inactive $150 + $150 late fee; one year to renew late then the license lapses. PSI bulletin: exam $75 per attempt; fingerprints $61.25 ($46.25 OSP + $15 PSI) at the exam site. Confirm live PSI fingerprint cart if you test remote. No separately itemized recovery-fund dollar on the live pages.

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  Starting the 150 hours before the eLicense $300 application

  The school cannot notify PSI without an Applicant ID. The $300 is nonrefundable. Sequence is the trap.

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  Calling it a salesperson license, or filing a Washington 90 as the seven named Oregon courses

  Live page: broker is the entry-level license. OAR 863-022-0010 names seven courses. A 90-hour blob will not post.

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  Treating 75% as 60 of 80 national without sitting the 50-item Oregon paper

  Both sections at 75%. State is 50 items in 90 minutes. Disclosed limited agency, water rights, ORS 92, construction liens.

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  Passing one section and waiting more than 12 months

  Sit both again. Scores and fingerprint clearance each live one year; the Agency cannot issue on an expired score or an expired print.

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  Skipping the managing principal broker eLicense add, or trying to hold two license types

  Issuance waits on that add. One license at a time. Inactive means no professional real estate activity.

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  Treating first renewal as 30 generic electives

  First active renewal on or after January 1, 2026 wants Fair Housing 2 + LARRC + Broker Advanced Practices (26 or 27), plus the proficiency assessment inside the AP final. Later renewals swap AP for electives to 30 and still take Fair Housing + LARRC.

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  Mailing the Agency at 530 Center Street because the PSI bulletin still prints it

  Moved September 2025 to 775 Summer St NE, Suite 330 (State Lands Building). Live pages win.

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  Banking extra CE hours into the next cycle, or skipping certificate retention

  No carryover. Keep certificates 3 years from the renewal date. eLicense entry is not a substitute for the paper certificate in an audit.

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  Calling Pearson, or sitting an Idaho scaled-70 paper, for an Oregon score

  Oregon real estate is PSI under bulletin 3376 at 75%. Idaho Pearson will not post to eLicense.

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  Reading Oregon water rights, tenancy by the entirety, or disclosed limited agency as extra-credit trivia

  They are scored state items. This paper cannot be renamed to a salesperson-title state.

The live Broker Licensing page does not print a named-partner reciprocity chart. Out-of-state licensees who want a principal broker hanging follow the live Principal Broker Licensing out-of-state path: certified license history, 150-hour broker pre-license course of study, 40-hour BASS, PSI principal-broker paper, fingerprints. The seven named Oregon courses are not waived for entry broker just because another state issued a salesperson certificate. Confirm any education-waiver product on the live REA site rather than importing a Washington or Idaho waiver sentence.

Does Oregon issue a salesperson license?

No. Live Broker Licensing page (fetched 2026-09-02): a broker license is the entry-level license in Oregon. You practice under a managing principal broker. One license at a time (broker, principal broker, or property manager).

How many prelicense hours, and what are the named courses?

One hundred fifty clock-hours in seven named courses under OAR 863-022-0010: Real Estate Law 30, Oregon Real Estate Practice 30, Real Estate Finance 30, Contracts 15, Agency Law 15, Property Management 10, Real Estate Brokerage 20. Private career schools: 75% on each course final. College path: C or equivalent. Verified 2026-09-02 from the live Broker Licensing page plus the live rule.

Do I start class before I apply?

No. Live Broker Licensing page: apply in eLicense and pay $300 first, receive an Applicant ID, give that ID to the school. The school cannot notify PSI without it.

What is the sitting?

PSI $75. National 80 items / 150 minutes and Oregon 50 items / 90 minutes at 75% each (bulletin 3376 table). Pass one section and it lives 12 months. Scores good one year. 5–10 experimental items count against time.

How much are fingerprints?

Live background-check page: pay PSI, contact PSI for current fees. Bulletin 3376 numbers $61.25 at the exam site ($46.25 OSP + $15 PSI). In-person testers print after they pass. Clearance good one year.

When do I renew, and what CE applies in 2026?

Birth month. First period 13–24 months, then 24. Live renewal page: $300 active / $150 inactive. Live CE page + HB 3137 newsroom (January 1, 2026): first active renewal is 2-hour Fair Housing + 2- or 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC) + 26- or 27-hour Broker Advanced Practices (a 3-hour LARRC and 27-hour AP completed before January 1, 2026 still count; add Fair Housing). Later active renewals: Fair Housing + LARRC + electives to 30. Inactive renewal: no CE. Certificates 3 years. No carryover of extra hours.

Is there a recovery fund line?

Not on the live Broker Licensing, renewal, or PSI bulletin pages this hub could freeze. The $300 / $150 rows are the dollars those pages print.

Can I hold a broker license and a property-manager license together?

No. Live page: one real estate license at a time.

Does a Washington 90 or Idaho Module 1+2 count?

Not as the seven named Oregon courses. Apply in eLicense, take the 150, sit the Oregon paper. Out-of-state principal-broker applicants take the 150 plus 40-hour BASS (live Principal Broker page).

Where is the Agency? The PSI bulletin says 530 Center Street.

Live REA pages and the September 2025 move notice: 775 Summer St NE, Suite 330, Salem (State Lands Building). The PSI bulletin still prints the pre-move 530 Center Street NE, Suite 100. This hub follows the live Agency pages. Phone (503) 378-4170. Email orea.info@rea.oregon.gov.

What is disclosed limited agency?

A scored Oregon agency item (5 agency items on the 50-item state paper). It is not a NAR dual-agency form from another state. Affirmative duties and agency-relationship disclosure sit on the same bucket.

What is the first-renewal assessment?

HB 3137: licensees pass an assessment of license proficiency before first active renewal, embedded in Advanced Practices finals. Broker AP (OAR 863-022-0020) must show the ability to identify client-risk issues, select contract provisions that reflect the client's objectives, and identify effective communication protocols. Starting July 1, 2026 the assessments must include the specific OAR components.