South Dakota

The South Dakota Real Estate Commission, under the Department of Labor and Regulation at 217 W. Missouri Avenue in Pierre, does not issue an original salesperson license. SDCL 36-21A-30.1 requires one hundred sixteen class hours in a Commission-approved course for a broker associate. The PSI bulletin is titled Real Estate Broker Associate Examination. The fee table's salesperson line is reciprocal only. North Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wyoming still issue salesperson credentials; this state does not.

PSI (test-takers.psiexams.com/sdre) gives the exam under the 10/1/2023 bulletin: $98 for state, national, or combo; Broker National 90 items scoring 100 points at 75 percent in 150 minutes; State 52 items at 75 percent in 120 minutes. The Commission's fee table also prints $294 total ($98 × 3 portions); pay the amount PSI charges when you book. File the $225 application within 60 days of written passing notice or the score is canceled (SDCL 36-21A-36.1). Fingerprints are DCI and FBI ($43.25 to DCI with the cards on the resident application). Active practice requires E&O (SDCL 36-21A-119 to -122). New associates complete 60 postlicense hours, 30 + 30, by the second active renewal (SDCL 36-21A-30.2). Renewals are $125 every two years, due November 30, with 24 hours of CE including 12 in required subjects.

Responsible broker is a separate license: two years active as a salesperson or broker associate plus 24 additional class hours (SDCL 36-21A-31, raised from 15 to 24 effective January 1, 2023). Application $225, firm $100. With conditional approval, you can finish the 24 hours up to six months after the upgrade. A broker associate cannot be the responsible broker of a firm.