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Requirements for Licensure
Pursuant to A.R.S. ? 32-2124, all applicants for an original real estate, cemetery, or membership camping license shall show evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner:
A. Of the honesty, truthfulness, character and competency of the applicant.
B. That the applicant has not had a real estate license denied within one year, or revoked within two years immediately preceding the application.
C. That the applicant is at least 18 years of age when applying for a license.
D. That the applicant has completed prelicensure education course(s) prescribed and approved by the Commissioner of at least 90 classroom hours and has passed a school and state examination on the course. All new salesperson licensees must also take a six-hour continuing education course in Contract Law and Contract Writing before they may activate their licenses. The courses are offered by most approved schools.
E. Applicants for a broker's license must also demonstrate at least three years of actual experience as a licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson during the five-year period immediately preceding application.
Honesty, truthfulness, character and competency
Information and documentation relating to the applicant's background must be provided on an application for licensure. You will be required to disclose your date of birth and Social Security Number. Depending upon the responses that you provide in truthfully answering the questions on the licensure questionnaire, you may also be required to submit a sworn statement providing details and additional documents, including certified copies of documents relating to the disclosure.
Criminal convictions, adverse judgments, recovery fund payments or disciplinary action against a license currently or previously held by an applicant may be grounds for the Department to deny licensure. The Department CANNOT issue a license to a person convicted of a felony that is incarcerated, paroled or under community supervision or on probation. The Department MAY NOT issue a license to a person who has been convicted of a felony, or convicted of a misdemeanor offense such as (but not limited to) theft, forgery, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, violence against another person, or crimes of moral turpitude. Repeated DUI and/or Domestic Violence convictions do not demonstrate good character and may result also in denial of an application.
Select Candidate Information Bulletin ("CIB") here, or ask the real estate school you attend for a copy of the CIB to review the Original Licensure Questionnaire. If you must answer any question "Yes," refer to the Document Checklist, Form LI-400, included in the Candidate Information Bulletin and also available from the Forms Library on the Department's website to determine what documentation you will be required to furnish.
Prior Experience Required of Broker Applicants
As noted above, you must have at least three years actual work experience as a real estate salesperson or broker during the five years immediately preceding application for a license. If your experience has been in a state other than Arizona, you must obtain a certified license history from the state(s) in which you held a salesperson or broker's license during the past five years. Additional information is provided below.
Applicants Previously Licensed in Arizona
If you were previously licensed in Arizona and that license expired and was not renewed within one year of expiration, you may qualify for a waiver based on prior Arizona licensure and education. Submit your Request for Waiver (form ED-110 S (for salesperson license) or ED-110 B (for broker license).
If you were originally licensed in Arizona more than 10 years ago, the Department may not be able to accept your prior prelicensure education unless it has been kept current, i.e., if you have worked in a related field or have held a license in another state and have taken that state's required continuing education classes. Please see "Education Waivers" below.
New Licensees
If you have never held a real estate salesperson's license, you must attend a minimum of 90 hours of prelicensure education at an approved Arizona real estate school, pass the school examination, and pass the full state examination before you may apply for your license. The Candidate Information Bulletin contains additional details about obtaining a license, the fees you must pay, and applicable forms.
If you received your education from a Real Estate School in Arizona
If you obtain your prelicensure education from an approved Arizona real estate school, the school will provide you with a copy of the Candidate Information Bulletin (CIB). The CIB explains in further detail what you must do to take the State examination and apply for a license. After you complete the course and pass the school's final examination, the school will issue a Prelicensure Education Certificate to you, verifying that you have met the prelicensure education requirement. You may then contact the testing administrator, Thomson-Prometric (formerly Experior) at (800) 899-4091 or www.experioronline.com to register to take and schedule the State examination. Examinations are given in Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson, Flagstaff, Goodyear, and in other states around the country, by appointment only.
Acceptable Classes
Courses at a College or University
To receive credit for prelicensure education obtained from an accredited college or university that is not on the Department's list of approved schools, you must submit an official transcript (photocopies cannot be accepted) from the accredited institution(s) listing the course title(s), date, and letter grade of C or better awarding at least three semester credit hours or four quarter credit hours for each course. The Department may require you to submit a syllabus of the course(s) for review. The courses eligible for credit for a real estate salesperson's license are Real Estate Principles and Real Estate Practices (also known as Real Estate Principles I and II), each. Both are required. The courses eligible for credit for a real estate broker's license are real estate law, real estate finance, real estate appraisal, and real estate office management. Any two of the four may be submitted for credit.
If you receive your education in another state
You may request that the Department accept your out-of-state education to meet the Arizona requirement. For consideration of out-of-state courses, you must demonstrate attendance at, and successful completion of, classes deemed "equivalent" to approved classes in Arizona. (See "Acceptable Classes" above.) Complete a Request for Waiver (ED-110 S for a Salesperson's license, or ED-110 B for a Broker's license, as applicable), and attach supporting documentation as specified on the form.
Education within preceding 10 years
Prelicensure education must have been completed within the 10 years of the date you apply for a license, or kept current by licensed practice. You may request a waiver that, if granted, will permit you to use that education to meet prelicensure requirements.
Correspondence Courses, Distance Learning, and Continuing Education Courses Are Not Accepted
Arizona law requires classroom hours of prelicensure education. For this reason, correspondence and distance learning courses cannot be accepted for prelicensure education credit. Additionally, continuing education courses cannot be accepted for prelicensure education credit, although some post-licensure courses of substantial duration may qualify.
Broker Verification Form (LI-226)
A. Your prior employing brokers must provide a Verification form, confirming your active licensed experience for three of the past five years (one from each broker). The form is included in the Candidate Information Bulletin and available for download from the Department's website Forms Library. You may make as many copies of the form as you need before distributing them to your broker(s), but originals are required to be filed with the Department.
B. The Department will return the submitted broker verification form(s) to you marked with a "valid through" date. If you do not apply for your broker's license on or before that date, you must resubmit originals of the form(s) to have them updated. If the "valid through" date passes and you have not submitted a license application, you may find that you no longer meet the work experience requirement. If your experience was during the first three years of the last five-year period and you are no longer working in the real estate industry, a delay in applying for a license could place your experience outside the five-year window and render some of your experience invalid.
C. All questions on the verification form must be answered or processing of your application will be delayed.
D. If you were licensed as an employing broker or designated broker, you are considered the "employing broker" for the purpose of completing the Broker Verification form.
Education required of all applicants
You must complete 90 classroom hours of prelicensure education at a school approved by the Department and pass both the school and state examinations to obtain an Arizona real estate license. You may request that the Department accept prior real estate education as equivalent to the Arizona requirement and may receive a waiver of some or the entire prelicensure course. If a full waiver is granted based on real estate courses in another state, you must take an Arizona-specific course.
Arizona-specific course requirement
After obtaining an Arizona Prelicensure Education Certificate from the Department, an applicant who received a full waiver based on prior out-of-state education or education and experience must complete an Arizona-specific prelicensure course prescribed and approved by the Commissioner. This Arizona-specific course comprises a minimum of 27 credit hours, and applicants must then pass the school's examination on the 90-hour salesperson or broker prelicensure course before being certified by the school to take the Arizona real estate license examination.
Cemetery and Membership Camping Licenses
There is no prescribed prelicensure education leading to licensure as a cemetery salesperson or broker or membership Camping salesperson or broker. Candidates for these types of licenses may contact Thomson-Prometric as outlined below to register for and schedule their examination.
Submitting Information
When submitting a Request for Waiver (ED-110 S or ED-110 B) or a Broker Verification Form (LI-226), send it to the Arizona Department of Real Estate, 2910 N. 44th Street, Suite 100, Phoenix AZ 85018. Processed is on a first-come; first-served basis according to the date the Department receives the Request/Verification form. Allow three to six weeks for processing.
Examinations
A reservation to take the State examination is required. After you are issued a Prelicensure Education Certificate by a school (and, if a broker candidate, when your experience has been verified by the Department), you may telephone Thomson-Prometric (formerly Experior) at (800) 899-4091 to make a reservation to take the State examination. Exams are administered in Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe, Goodyear, and Flagstaff and in other states in the U.S. The State examination has two parts, general and Arizona-specific. Under certain conditions, you may receive a waiver of the general portion of the State examination (see "General Examination Waiver," below).
On the day of the test you must bring your ORIGINAL Prelicensure Education Certificate to the examination site. Please note that the Department does not retain copies of the documents you submit. If you lose any documents after receiving Department approval, the approval process must begin again. The examination administrator cannot allow you to take the examination if you do not have the original documents at the examination site when you appear to take the examination.
General examination waiver
If you have passed a real estate salesperson's or broker's examination administered by a national test administrator within the last five years, you may be eligible for a waiver of the general portion of the Arizona salesperson's or broker's examination. You must have obtained a license after passing the examination, must be currently licensed, and must provide a duplicate score report from the test administrator. Submit a Request for Waiver (ED-110 B or ED-110 S) to the Department with the duplicate score report.
Applying for licensure
Applicants for a Salesperson's License
As you pass each portion of the State examination, a passing score report will be issued to you. Upon passing both parts, a third score report will be issued which is your application for licensure. Follow the instructions on the application to apply for a license. You must apply for a license within one year of passing the examination. If you do not make application by 5 p.m. on the last business day of the one-year period, you will be required to take and pass the State examination again before becoming eligible to apply for a license.
Applicants for a Broker's License
As you pass each portion of the State examination, a passing score report will be issued to you. Upon passing both parts, a third score report will be issued which is your application for licensure. Follow the instructions on the application to apply for a license. You must make application for a license within one year after passing the State examination, or prior to expiration of the "valid through" date on your broker verification, whichever is earlier. If you do not make application by 5 p.m. on the last business day of the applicable period, you may no longer meet the experience requirement. At the minimum, you will be required to take and pass the State examination again before becoming eligible to apply for a license.
Licensees must have access to Arizona real estate statutes and Commissioner's Rules
Each person licensed in Arizona, whether active or inactive, must have available for their use a current copy of the Department's statutes and rules. The Arizona Real Estate Law Book, published by the Department, contains the required material. It may be purchased at the Department's office in Phoenix or Tucson, or by mail. For details, call (602) 4681414, extension 100.
The statutes, rules and policy statements are also available online.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Arizona Department of Real Estate and Thomson-Prometric comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Persons with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations such as interpreters, alternative formats or assistance with physical accessibility. Requests for accommodations must be made with 72 hours prior notice. If you require special accommodations, please call the Department at (602) 4681414, extension 100, or Thomson-Prometric at 800-899-4091.
LICENSE TERM: Two years
Information obtained from: http://www.re.state.az.us/how_to_obtain2.htm
Pursuant to A.R.S. ? 32-2124, all applicants for an original real estate, cemetery, or membership camping license shall show evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner:
A. Of the honesty, truthfulness, character and competency of the applicant.
B. That the applicant has not had a real estate license denied within one year, or revoked within two years immediately preceding the application.
C. That the applicant is at least 18 years of age when applying for a license.
D. That the applicant has completed prelicensure education course(s) prescribed and approved by the Commissioner of at least 90 classroom hours and has passed a school and state examination on the course. All new salesperson licensees must also take a six-hour continuing education course in Contract Law and Contract Writing before they may activate their licenses. The courses are offered by most approved schools.
E. Applicants for a broker's license must also demonstrate at least three years of actual experience as a licensed real estate broker or real estate salesperson during the five-year period immediately preceding application.
Honesty, truthfulness, character and competency
Information and documentation relating to the applicant's background must be provided on an application for licensure. You will be required to disclose your date of birth and Social Security Number. Depending upon the responses that you provide in truthfully answering the questions on the licensure questionnaire, you may also be required to submit a sworn statement providing details and additional documents, including certified copies of documents relating to the disclosure.
Criminal convictions, adverse judgments, recovery fund payments or disciplinary action against a license currently or previously held by an applicant may be grounds for the Department to deny licensure. The Department CANNOT issue a license to a person convicted of a felony that is incarcerated, paroled or under community supervision or on probation. The Department MAY NOT issue a license to a person who has been convicted of a felony, or convicted of a misdemeanor offense such as (but not limited to) theft, forgery, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, violence against another person, or crimes of moral turpitude. Repeated DUI and/or Domestic Violence convictions do not demonstrate good character and may result also in denial of an application.
Select Candidate Information Bulletin ("CIB") here, or ask the real estate school you attend for a copy of the CIB to review the Original Licensure Questionnaire. If you must answer any question "Yes," refer to the Document Checklist, Form LI-400, included in the Candidate Information Bulletin and also available from the Forms Library on the Department's website to determine what documentation you will be required to furnish.
Prior Experience Required of Broker Applicants
As noted above, you must have at least three years actual work experience as a real estate salesperson or broker during the five years immediately preceding application for a license. If your experience has been in a state other than Arizona, you must obtain a certified license history from the state(s) in which you held a salesperson or broker's license during the past five years. Additional information is provided below.
Applicants Previously Licensed in Arizona
If you were previously licensed in Arizona and that license expired and was not renewed within one year of expiration, you may qualify for a waiver based on prior Arizona licensure and education. Submit your Request for Waiver (form ED-110 S (for salesperson license) or ED-110 B (for broker license).
If you were originally licensed in Arizona more than 10 years ago, the Department may not be able to accept your prior prelicensure education unless it has been kept current, i.e., if you have worked in a related field or have held a license in another state and have taken that state's required continuing education classes. Please see "Education Waivers" below.
New Licensees
If you have never held a real estate salesperson's license, you must attend a minimum of 90 hours of prelicensure education at an approved Arizona real estate school, pass the school examination, and pass the full state examination before you may apply for your license. The Candidate Information Bulletin contains additional details about obtaining a license, the fees you must pay, and applicable forms.
If you received your education from a Real Estate School in Arizona
If you obtain your prelicensure education from an approved Arizona real estate school, the school will provide you with a copy of the Candidate Information Bulletin (CIB). The CIB explains in further detail what you must do to take the State examination and apply for a license. After you complete the course and pass the school's final examination, the school will issue a Prelicensure Education Certificate to you, verifying that you have met the prelicensure education requirement. You may then contact the testing administrator, Thomson-Prometric (formerly Experior) at (800) 899-4091 or www.experioronline.com to register to take and schedule the State examination. Examinations are given in Phoenix, Tempe, Tucson, Flagstaff, Goodyear, and in other states around the country, by appointment only.
Acceptable Classes
Courses at a College or University
To receive credit for prelicensure education obtained from an accredited college or university that is not on the Department's list of approved schools, you must submit an official transcript (photocopies cannot be accepted) from the accredited institution(s) listing the course title(s), date, and letter grade of C or better awarding at least three semester credit hours or four quarter credit hours for each course. The Department may require you to submit a syllabus of the course(s) for review. The courses eligible for credit for a real estate salesperson's license are Real Estate Principles and Real Estate Practices (also known as Real Estate Principles I and II), each. Both are required. The courses eligible for credit for a real estate broker's license are real estate law, real estate finance, real estate appraisal, and real estate office management. Any two of the four may be submitted for credit.
If you receive your education in another state
You may request that the Department accept your out-of-state education to meet the Arizona requirement. For consideration of out-of-state courses, you must demonstrate attendance at, and successful completion of, classes deemed "equivalent" to approved classes in Arizona. (See "Acceptable Classes" above.) Complete a Request for Waiver (ED-110 S for a Salesperson's license, or ED-110 B for a Broker's license, as applicable), and attach supporting documentation as specified on the form.
Education within preceding 10 years
Prelicensure education must have been completed within the 10 years of the date you apply for a license, or kept current by licensed practice. You may request a waiver that, if granted, will permit you to use that education to meet prelicensure requirements.
Correspondence Courses, Distance Learning, and Continuing Education Courses Are Not Accepted
Arizona law requires classroom hours of prelicensure education. For this reason, correspondence and distance learning courses cannot be accepted for prelicensure education credit. Additionally, continuing education courses cannot be accepted for prelicensure education credit, although some post-licensure courses of substantial duration may qualify.
Broker Verification Form (LI-226)
A. Your prior employing brokers must provide a Verification form, confirming your active licensed experience for three of the past five years (one from each broker). The form is included in the Candidate Information Bulletin and available for download from the Department's website Forms Library. You may make as many copies of the form as you need before distributing them to your broker(s), but originals are required to be filed with the Department.
B. The Department will return the submitted broker verification form(s) to you marked with a "valid through" date. If you do not apply for your broker's license on or before that date, you must resubmit originals of the form(s) to have them updated. If the "valid through" date passes and you have not submitted a license application, you may find that you no longer meet the work experience requirement. If your experience was during the first three years of the last five-year period and you are no longer working in the real estate industry, a delay in applying for a license could place your experience outside the five-year window and render some of your experience invalid.
C. All questions on the verification form must be answered or processing of your application will be delayed.
D. If you were licensed as an employing broker or designated broker, you are considered the "employing broker" for the purpose of completing the Broker Verification form.
Education required of all applicants
You must complete 90 classroom hours of prelicensure education at a school approved by the Department and pass both the school and state examinations to obtain an Arizona real estate license. You may request that the Department accept prior real estate education as equivalent to the Arizona requirement and may receive a waiver of some or the entire prelicensure course. If a full waiver is granted based on real estate courses in another state, you must take an Arizona-specific course.
Arizona-specific course requirement
After obtaining an Arizona Prelicensure Education Certificate from the Department, an applicant who received a full waiver based on prior out-of-state education or education and experience must complete an Arizona-specific prelicensure course prescribed and approved by the Commissioner. This Arizona-specific course comprises a minimum of 27 credit hours, and applicants must then pass the school's examination on the 90-hour salesperson or broker prelicensure course before being certified by the school to take the Arizona real estate license examination.
Cemetery and Membership Camping Licenses
There is no prescribed prelicensure education leading to licensure as a cemetery salesperson or broker or membership Camping salesperson or broker. Candidates for these types of licenses may contact Thomson-Prometric as outlined below to register for and schedule their examination.
Submitting Information
When submitting a Request for Waiver (ED-110 S or ED-110 B) or a Broker Verification Form (LI-226), send it to the Arizona Department of Real Estate, 2910 N. 44th Street, Suite 100, Phoenix AZ 85018. Processed is on a first-come; first-served basis according to the date the Department receives the Request/Verification form. Allow three to six weeks for processing.
Examinations
A reservation to take the State examination is required. After you are issued a Prelicensure Education Certificate by a school (and, if a broker candidate, when your experience has been verified by the Department), you may telephone Thomson-Prometric (formerly Experior) at (800) 899-4091 to make a reservation to take the State examination. Exams are administered in Phoenix, Tucson, Tempe, Goodyear, and Flagstaff and in other states in the U.S. The State examination has two parts, general and Arizona-specific. Under certain conditions, you may receive a waiver of the general portion of the State examination (see "General Examination Waiver," below).
On the day of the test you must bring your ORIGINAL Prelicensure Education Certificate to the examination site. Please note that the Department does not retain copies of the documents you submit. If you lose any documents after receiving Department approval, the approval process must begin again. The examination administrator cannot allow you to take the examination if you do not have the original documents at the examination site when you appear to take the examination.
General examination waiver
If you have passed a real estate salesperson's or broker's examination administered by a national test administrator within the last five years, you may be eligible for a waiver of the general portion of the Arizona salesperson's or broker's examination. You must have obtained a license after passing the examination, must be currently licensed, and must provide a duplicate score report from the test administrator. Submit a Request for Waiver (ED-110 B or ED-110 S) to the Department with the duplicate score report.
Applying for licensure
Applicants for a Salesperson's License
As you pass each portion of the State examination, a passing score report will be issued to you. Upon passing both parts, a third score report will be issued which is your application for licensure. Follow the instructions on the application to apply for a license. You must apply for a license within one year of passing the examination. If you do not make application by 5 p.m. on the last business day of the one-year period, you will be required to take and pass the State examination again before becoming eligible to apply for a license.
Applicants for a Broker's License
As you pass each portion of the State examination, a passing score report will be issued to you. Upon passing both parts, a third score report will be issued which is your application for licensure. Follow the instructions on the application to apply for a license. You must make application for a license within one year after passing the State examination, or prior to expiration of the "valid through" date on your broker verification, whichever is earlier. If you do not make application by 5 p.m. on the last business day of the applicable period, you may no longer meet the experience requirement. At the minimum, you will be required to take and pass the State examination again before becoming eligible to apply for a license.
Licensees must have access to Arizona real estate statutes and Commissioner's Rules
Each person licensed in Arizona, whether active or inactive, must have available for their use a current copy of the Department's statutes and rules. The Arizona Real Estate Law Book, published by the Department, contains the required material. It may be purchased at the Department's office in Phoenix or Tucson, or by mail. For details, call (602) 4681414, extension 100.
The statutes, rules and policy statements are also available online.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Arizona Department of Real Estate and Thomson-Prometric comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Persons with disabilities may request reasonable accommodations such as interpreters, alternative formats or assistance with physical accessibility. Requests for accommodations must be made with 72 hours prior notice. If you require special accommodations, please call the Department at (602) 4681414, extension 100, or Thomson-Prometric at 800-899-4091.
LICENSE TERM: Two years
Information obtained from: http://www.re.state.az.us/how_to_obtain2.htm