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Real estate license requirements by state
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51 jurisdictions · 102 license guides · Primary sources included
Northeast
CT Connecticut Salesperson · 60-hour Connecticut-approved Real Estate Principles and Practices course ME Maine Sales Agent · 55-hour Sales Agent Course, 75% course pass MA Massachusetts Salesperson · 40 hours of Board-approved pre-licensure salesperson education NH New Hampshire Salesperson · 40 hours: minimum 32 classroom or real-time internet live-class, maximum 8 distance, begun within 6 months prior to the exam RI Rhode Island Salesperson · 45 classroom hours plus a separate 3-hour Lead Poisoning / Lead Hazard Mitigation certificate VT Vermont Salesperson · 40-hour salesperson pre-licensing course (Rule 1.8(v); Rule 5.1) NJ New Jersey Salesperson · 75 hours at a licensed New Jersey real estate school NY New York Salesperson · 77-hour DOS-approved salesperson qualifying course PA Pennsylvania Salesperson · 75 hours (Fundamentals 30 + Practice 45)
Midwest
IL Illinois Broker · 75-hour broker pre-license (60 topics + 15 applied principles); confirm live if an IDFPR packet still mentions 90 IN Indiana Broker (entry) · 90-hour Commission-approved broker prelicensing course, plus 30 hours of postlicensing education in the first two years after issuance MI Michigan Salesperson · 40 clock hours of approved prelicensure including at least 4 clock hours of civil rights law and equal opportunity in housing OH Ohio Salesperson · 100 hours (40 Principles and Practices + 40 Ohio Law + 10 Appraisal + 10 Finance) WI Wisconsin Salesperson · 72-hour Board-approved program (or 10 semester credits) IA Iowa Salesperson · 60 hours principles (live or online) + 12 Buying + 12 Listing + 12 Developing Professionalism and Ethical Practices (live only) = 96 hours KS Kansas Salesperson · 60 hours: 30-hour Principles of Real Estate + 30-hour Kansas Practice Course MN Minnesota Salesperson · 90 hours (Course I 30 before exam; Courses II and III 30 each before the broker files) MO Missouri Salesperson · 48-hour pre-exam salesperson course plus 24-hour Missouri Real Estate Practice (MREP) NE Nebraska Salesperson · 96 hours as of January 1, 2026: 30 Principles and Practices + 30 Nebraska License Law + 30 approved elective + 6-hour Course #0003 Professional Practice and Standards ND North Dakota Salesperson · 90-hour NDREC-certified salesperson prelicensure course (residents) SD South Dakota Broker Associate · 116 hours
South
DE Delaware Salesperson · 99-hour Delaware salesperson pre-licensing course (24 Del. Admin. C. 2925-5.4) FL Florida Sales Associate · 63-hour FREC I pre-license course GA Georgia Salesperson · 75 instructional hours (GREC Rule 520-2-.04) MD Maryland Salesperson · 60-hour salesperson pre-licensing program from an MREC-approved education provider NC North Carolina Provisional Broker · 75-hour North Carolina Broker Prelicensing Course SC South Carolina Associate · Unit I 60 hours (fundamentals, before the exam) plus Unit II 30 hours (advanced principles, before issuance) VA Virginia Salesperson · 60-hour Principles of Real Estate from a Virginia Real Estate Board-approved provider DC District of Columbia Salesperson · 60 hours WV West Virginia Salesperson · 90 clock hours (six college semester hours) in four scored subjects AL Alabama Salesperson · 60 clock hours (salesperson prelicense at 70% course grade) KY Kentucky Sales Associate · 96 classroom hours or 6 academic credit hours in real estate MS Mississippi Salesperson · 60 hours TN Tennessee Affiliate Broker · 60-hour principles/fundamentals before the exam; 30-hour Course for New Affiliates before issuance (90 total) AR Arkansas Salesperson · 60 hours of which 30 must be basic principles of real estate LA Louisiana Salesperson · 90 hours including 30-hour Louisiana Real Estate License Law / Commission Rules / Law of Agency / Civil Law (no substitution) OK Oklahoma Provisional Sales Associate · 90 clock hours of OREC-approved basic real estate instruction (certificate completed within the past three years), plus 45 clock hours of postlicense education after issuance TX Texas Sales Agent · 180 classroom hours in six TREC qualifying courses
West
AZ Arizona Salesperson · 90-hour salesperson pre-licensing + 6-hour Contract Writing CO Colorado Associate Broker (entry) · 168 hours (named Colorado courses) ID Idaho Salesperson · 90 hours: Salesperson Prelicense Module 1 (45) + Module 2 (45) MT Montana Salesperson · 70 hours NV Nevada Salesperson · 120 hours in four named blocks: Real Estate Principles 45; Real Estate Law 45 (must include 18 hours Nevada law); contracts 15; agency 15 (including 3 hours foundation of broker-agent relationship and 3 hours risk reduction) NM New Mexico Associate Broker · 90 hours: 30 Real Estate Principles and Practice + 30 Real Estate Law + 30 Broker Basics UT Utah Sales Agent · 120 hours of approved salesperson prelicense at a certified Real Estate Pre-License School (Candidate Education Certifying Document Section A) WY Wyoming Salesperson · Named Salesperson I + Salesperson II + Wyoming Law (live WREC obtain-a-license page does not print a combined clock-hour total) AK Alaska Salesperson · 40 classroom hours of Alaska-approved pre-licensing education CA California Salesperson · Three college-level courses (minimum 45 hours each) HI Hawaii Salesperson · 60 class hours (HAR §16-99-36) OR Oregon Broker · 150 clock-hours in seven named courses: 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 WA Washington Broker (entry) · 90 clock hours (60-hour Real Estate Fundamentals + 30-hour Real Estate Practices)