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Real Estate Broker

License to practice as a real estate broker.

Licensing authority: Arkansas Real Estate Commission · Application information

Annual renewal on active status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Continuing education
Complete seven approved hours each year including one hour of personal safety; applicable statutory or rule-based education exemptions and extensions are applicant conditions.
Deadline
File the renewal application and fee by September 30 for the next calendar year; late filings are expired-license renewals.
Deployment extension
Under rule 220-601(d), license expiration of a deployed service member or spouse is extended 180 days following return from deployment.
Existing license
Hold the existing broker license and remain eligible for renewal.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Duplicate principal broker license for a branch office
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Branch
Supply the approved branch-sign photograph, display the duplicate principal broker license, and designate an executive broker if licensees are stationed there.
Existing license
Already serve as principal broker for the firm.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Initial licensure by examination — nonresident
Affiliation
An associate broker must affiliate with an Arkansas-licensed principal broker.
Age
Attain the age of majority (18).
Application
Submit the Commission application, prescribed fees and requested documents; obtain authorization to test.
Application validity
An application expires after one year or successful examination completion, whichever occurs first.
Background check
Submit fingerprints and state and federal background-check forms. The Commission must receive and approve the checks before issuance. Current rule 220-401(d)(4) allows six months following receipt of the application for completion.
Conduct
Provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct, good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and integrity, and information about licenses, discipline, litigation and judgments; conviction-waiver procedures are in rule 220-405.
Disciplinary discretion
A.C.A. § 17-42-312(a)(4)(D) permits an appropriate licensing examination as a disciplinary sanction; any such order and its requirements are individual applicant conditions.
Education
Complete at least 60 approved prelicense hours within the preceding 36 months, including 45 hours of the Commission-developed broker course.
Experience
Complete a bona fide active licensed apprenticeship for at least 24 months in the preceding 48 months and provide license and experience records.
Experience waiver
On a written supported request the Commission may waive experience for an applicant with at least 18 months of active broker licensure or 24 of the preceding 48 months of acceptable related-field experience.
Fees
Pay the required fees.
Investigations
Agree in writing to supply requested documents and personally appear for Commission investigations.
Issuance deadline
Submit the licensing forms, license fee and recovery-fund fee within 90 days after passing; otherwise examination results are invalid. The Commission may extend the deadline pending the federal background check.
Law agreement
Agree in writing to abide by the Arkansas license law and rules.
Licensure history
Cause the resident licensing authority to furnish certification and disciplinary records; submit additional license histories requested by AREC.
Post license
Complete the Commission-developed 30-hour broker post-license course within six months of initial licensure; submit documentation by the end of that month or the license becomes inactive.
Residency
Nonresident applicant.
Service of process
Appoint the AREC executive director as agent for service of process.
Initial licensure by examination — Arkansas resident
Age
Attain the age of majority (18).
Application
Submit the Commission application, prescribed fees and requested documents; obtain authorization to test.
Application validity
An application expires after one year or successful examination completion, whichever occurs first.
Background check
Submit fingerprints and state and federal background-check forms. The Commission must receive and approve the checks before issuance. Current rule 220-401(d)(4) allows six months following receipt of the application for completion.
Conduct
Provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct, good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and integrity, and information about licenses, discipline, litigation and judgments; conviction-waiver procedures are in rule 220-405.
Disciplinary discretion
A.C.A. § 17-42-312(a)(4)(D) permits an appropriate licensing examination as a disciplinary sanction; any such order and its requirements are individual applicant conditions.
Education
Complete at least 60 approved prelicense hours within the preceding 36 months, including 45 hours of the Commission-developed broker course.
Experience
Complete a bona fide active licensed apprenticeship for at least 24 months in the preceding 48 months and provide license and experience records.
Experience waiver
On a written supported request the Commission may waive experience for an applicant with at least 18 months of active broker licensure or 24 of the preceding 48 months of acceptable related-field experience.
Issuance deadline
Submit the licensing forms, license fee and recovery-fund fee within 90 days after passing; otherwise examination results are invalid. The Commission may extend the deadline pending the federal background check.
Post license
Complete the Commission-developed 30-hour broker post-license course within six months of initial licensure; submit documentation by the end of that month or the license becomes inactive.
Residency
Arkansas resident applicant.
Executive broker designation of an existing broker
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Designation
File the designation form signed by the principal and executive brokers; it is effective when filed.
Existing license
Hold the broker license and complete and document the broker post-license course. Rule 220-1105(g)(2) allows a temporary course-enrollment waiver for a real estate broker.
Responsibilities
Accept the supervisory responsibilities assigned by the principal broker.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reinstatement of an expired license within the prescribed one year period
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Pay required fees and submit the information requested by the Commission.
Expired year
Treat the expired year as inactive for continuing-education purposes.
Status
May be issued active or inactive; active status requires the rule 220-602 continuing education.
Time limit
Reapply within one year of the last calendar year in which the license was renewed.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Transfer of an existing broker license to another firm
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
File the transfer application signed by the new principal broker, the required statement concerning former-firm records and information, and the transfer fee.
Existing license
Existing broker license; the former firm returns the license and pocket card.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Annual renewal on inactive status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Submit the renewal request and fee by the deadline; the fee equals active renewal.
Continuing education
Continuing education is not required while inactive; activation requirements apply on return to practice.
Status
Choose inactive status and refrain from licensed practice until activation.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Automatic licensure for qualifying military members, veterans and spouses
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Documentation
Submit the initial licensure fee, proof of the similar-scope license and proof of qualifying military or spouse status.
Qualifying license
Hold in good standing a similar-scope license issued by another U.S. state, territory or district.
Qualifying status
Service member stationed in Arkansas, veteran residing or establishing residency in Arkansas, or eligible spouse under rule 220-404(b)(3), including specified unaccompanied-tour and line-of-duty death circumstances.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Original reapplication by a former Arkansas licensee, with possible examination waiver
Conduct
Pay the application fee, complete the background check, provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct and no suspended or probationary professional license, and furnish requested professional-license, disciplinary, litigation and judgment information.
Education
Do not repeat prelicense education previously completed. Rule 220-401(e)(1)(B) expressly excuses (b)(3)(A), the property-management prelicense education provision; it is not restated as an experience exemption.
Examination waiver
The executive director may waive the corresponding broker examination after considering the length of former Arkansas broker licensure and the time since it was held. The currently offered examination remains a leaf under this discretionary waiver.
Other requirements
Comply with other rule 220-401 requirements except its express subsection (e) exemptions.
Previous license
Previously held an Arkansas real estate or property-management license; a license expired beyond rule 220-603(c) is treated as an original application.
Waiver education
If the examination is waived, complete nine approved continuing-education hours per expired year, capped at 30.
Principal broker designation of an existing broker
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing license
Hold the broker license and complete and document the broker post-license course, subject to the temporary course-enrollment waiver expressly allowed for a real estate broker.
Firm
Obtain firm-name approval and submit the principal-broker and ownership information required by the Commission.
Office
Maintain the place of business, approved permanent sign and required license displays; supply photographs and addresses.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Activation of an inactive license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
Provide the requested information and activation fee.
Education
Complete seven approved hours per inactive year, capped at 30, including one personal-safety hour. Complete courses in the activation year or preceding calendar year; applicable statutory exemptions and waivers remain conditions.
Post license
If inactivated for incomplete post-license education, provide satisfactory completion documentation.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Nonresident licensure by reciprocal credentials
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Affiliation
An associate broker must affiliate with an Arkansas-licensed principal broker.
Background check
Complete the state and federal criminal background check required by AREC.
Current license
Hold a current active license in the resident jurisdiction, which offers substantially comparable opportunities to Arkansas licensees; Commission approval is required.
Educational equivalence
The Commission may deny reciprocal licensure where resident-jurisdiction education or experience requirements are not at least equal to Arkansas.
Fees
Pay the required fees.
Investigations
Agree in writing to supply requested documents and personally appear for Commission investigations.
Law agreement
Agree in writing to abide by the Arkansas license law and rules.
Licensure history
Cause the resident licensing authority to furnish certification and disciplinary records; submit additional license histories requested by AREC.
Post license
Complete the applicable 30-hour broker post-license course. The Board policy effective September 1, 2025 also demands it of nonresident real estate brokers, subject to executive-director waiver discretion.
Residency
Nonresident applicant.
Service of process
Appoint the AREC executive director as agent for service of process.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reissuance after name, address or office change or loss of license
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Existing license
Existing unexpired broker license or pocket card requiring corrected information or replacement.
Notification
Notify the Commission on its prescribed form; furnish requested information and the reissuance fee.
Period
Reissue for the unexpired period of the existing license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary Interim Real Estate Broker License

Temporary interim form of the broker license, valid no more than 30 days pending the permanent license and pocket card.

Licensing authority: Arkansas Real Estate Commission · Application information

Interim issuance pending an original nonresident license obtained by examination
Affiliation
An associate broker must affiliate with an Arkansas-licensed principal broker.
Age
Attain the age of majority (18).
Application
Submit the Commission application, prescribed fees and requested documents; obtain authorization to test.
Application validity
An application expires after one year or successful examination completion, whichever occurs first.
Background check
Submit fingerprints and state and federal background-check forms. The Commission must receive and approve the checks before issuance. Current rule 220-401(d)(4) allows six months following receipt of the application for completion.
Conduct
Provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct, good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and integrity, and information about licenses, discipline, litigation and judgments; conviction-waiver procedures are in rule 220-405.
Disciplinary discretion
A.C.A. § 17-42-312(a)(4)(D) permits an appropriate licensing examination as a disciplinary sanction; any such order and its requirements are individual applicant conditions.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days.
Education
Complete at least 60 approved prelicense hours within the preceding 36 months, including 45 hours of the Commission-developed broker course.
Experience
Complete a bona fide active licensed apprenticeship for at least 24 months in the preceding 48 months and provide license and experience records.
Experience waiver
On a written supported request the Commission may waive experience for an applicant with at least 18 months of active broker licensure or 24 of the preceding 48 months of acceptable related-field experience.
Fees
Pay the required fees.
Investigations
Agree in writing to supply requested documents and personally appear for Commission investigations.
Issuance deadline
Submit the licensing forms, license fee and recovery-fund fee within 90 days after passing; otherwise examination results are invalid. The Commission may extend the deadline pending the federal background check.
Law agreement
Agree in writing to abide by the Arkansas license law and rules.
Licensure history
Cause the resident licensing authority to furnish certification and disciplinary records; submit additional license histories requested by AREC.
Pending permanent
Qualify for the corresponding permanent broker license and await the permanent license and pocket card.
Post license
Complete the Commission-developed 30-hour broker post-license course within six months of initial licensure; submit documentation by the end of that month or the license becomes inactive.
Residency
Nonresident applicant.
Service of process
Appoint the AREC executive director as agent for service of process.
Interim issuance pending an original resident license obtained by examination
Age
Attain the age of majority (18).
Application
Submit the Commission application, prescribed fees and requested documents; obtain authorization to test.
Application validity
An application expires after one year or successful examination completion, whichever occurs first.
Background check
Submit fingerprints and state and federal background-check forms. The Commission must receive and approve the checks before issuance. Current rule 220-401(d)(4) allows six months following receipt of the application for completion.
Conduct
Provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct, good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and integrity, and information about licenses, discipline, litigation and judgments; conviction-waiver procedures are in rule 220-405.
Disciplinary discretion
A.C.A. § 17-42-312(a)(4)(D) permits an appropriate licensing examination as a disciplinary sanction; any such order and its requirements are individual applicant conditions.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days.
Education
Complete at least 60 approved prelicense hours within the preceding 36 months, including 45 hours of the Commission-developed broker course.
Experience
Complete a bona fide active licensed apprenticeship for at least 24 months in the preceding 48 months and provide license and experience records.
Experience waiver
On a written supported request the Commission may waive experience for an applicant with at least 18 months of active broker licensure or 24 of the preceding 48 months of acceptable related-field experience.
Issuance deadline
Submit the licensing forms, license fee and recovery-fund fee within 90 days after passing; otherwise examination results are invalid. The Commission may extend the deadline pending the federal background check.
Pending permanent
Qualify for the corresponding permanent broker license and await the permanent license and pocket card.
Post license
Complete the Commission-developed 30-hour broker post-license course within six months of initial licensure; submit documentation by the end of that month or the license becomes inactive.
Residency
Arkansas resident applicant.
Interim issuance pending qualifying military automatic licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Documentation
Submit the initial licensure fee, proof of the similar-scope license and proof of qualifying military or spouse status.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days pending issuance of the permanent license and pocket card.
Qualifying license
Hold in good standing a similar-scope license issued by another U.S. state, territory or district.
Qualifying status
Service member stationed in Arkansas, veteran residing or establishing residency in Arkansas, or eligible spouse under rule 220-404(b)(3), including specified unaccompanied-tour and line-of-duty death circumstances.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Interim issuance pending original reapplication by a former Arkansas licensee
Conduct
Pay the application fee, complete the background check, provide an affidavit of no unprofessional conduct and no suspended or probationary professional license, and furnish requested professional-license, disciplinary, litigation and judgment information.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days pending issuance of the permanent license and pocket card.
Education
Do not repeat prelicense education previously completed. Rule 220-401(e)(1)(B) expressly excuses (b)(3)(A), the property-management prelicense education provision; it is not restated as an experience exemption.
Examination waiver
The executive director may waive the corresponding broker examination after considering the length of former Arkansas broker licensure and the time since it was held. The currently offered examination remains a leaf under this discretionary waiver.
Other requirements
Comply with other rule 220-401 requirements except its express subsection (e) exemptions.
Previous license
Previously held an Arkansas real estate or property-management license; a license expired beyond rule 220-603(c) is treated as an original application.
Waiver education
If the examination is waived, complete nine approved continuing-education hours per expired year, capped at 30.
Interim issuance pending reciprocal nonresident broker licensure
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Affiliation
An associate broker must affiliate with an Arkansas-licensed principal broker.
Background check
Complete the state and federal criminal background check required by AREC.
Current license
Hold a current active license in the resident jurisdiction, which offers substantially comparable opportunities to Arkansas licensees; Commission approval is required.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days pending issuance of the permanent license and pocket card.
Educational equivalence
The Commission may deny reciprocal licensure where resident-jurisdiction education or experience requirements are not at least equal to Arkansas.
Fees
Pay the required fees.
Investigations
Agree in writing to supply requested documents and personally appear for Commission investigations.
Law agreement
Agree in writing to abide by the Arkansas license law and rules.
Licensure history
Cause the resident licensing authority to furnish certification and disciplinary records; submit additional license histories requested by AREC.
Post license
Complete the applicable 30-hour broker post-license course. The Board policy effective September 1, 2025 also demands it of nonresident real estate brokers, subject to executive-director waiver discretion.
Residency
Nonresident applicant.
Service of process
Appoint the AREC executive director as agent for service of process.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary interim broker license on firm transfer
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Application
File the transfer application signed by the new principal broker, the required former-firm-records statement and the transfer fee after return of the license and pocket card.
Duration
The interim license lasts no more than 30 days pending the permanent license and pocket card.
Existing license
Hold the corresponding broker license being transferred to a new firm.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Arkansas Unified Real Estate Broker Examination

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Computer-delivered multiple-choice comprehensive written examination
Exam questions
120 scored items and 10 unscored pretest items
Passing score
70 scaled score
Exam fee
$75
Examination outline
  • I. Duties and Authority of the Real Estate Commission (4%)
    • A. General powers
    • B. Examination of records
    • C. Investigations
    • D. Disciplinary authority
    • E. Recovery Fund
  • II. Arkansas Statutory Requirements Governing Licensure (10%)
    • A. Activities requiring a license and exemptions
    • B. Eligibility and requirements for licensing
    • C. Change in license status
    • C. Change in license status — 1. Active/inactive
    • C. Change in license status — 2. Transfer
    • C. Change in license status — 3. Terminations
    • D. Renewals
    • D. Renewals — 1. Continuing education
    • E. Change in information and required notifications
    • E. Change in information and required notifications — 1. Name
    • E. Change in information and required notifications — 2. Address
    • E. Change in information and required notifications — 3. Criminal offenses
  • III. Other Arkansas Statutory Requirements Governing Real Estate (6%)
    • A. Reporting violations
    • B. Membership in trade organization
    • C. Timeshare
    • D. Auctions
    • D. Auctions — 1. Nature of auction
    • D. Auctions — 2. Written auction agreements
    • D. Auctions — 3. Advertisement
    • D. Auctions — 4. Internet auctions and absentee bids
    • D. Auctions — 5. Prohibited acts
    • D. Auctions — 6. Maintenance of records
  • IV. Federal Laws Governing Real Estate Activities (10%)
    • A. Federal loan programs
    • B. Business practices
    • B. Business practices — 1. RESPA
    • B. Business practices — 2. TILA
    • B. Business practices — 3. TRID
    • C. Sherman Anti-trust Act
    • D. Anti-discrimination/fair housing
    • D. Anti-discrimination/fair housing — 1. Fair housing
    • E. Americans with Disabilities Act
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 1. Lead-based paint
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 2. CERCLA
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 3. Asbestos
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 4. Wetlands and flood plains
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 5. Mold
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 6. Radon
    • F. Environmental conditions laws and disclosures — 7. Protected species
  • V. Broker Operations and Responsibilities (18%)
    • A. Broker supervision
    • A. Broker supervision — 1. Broker supervision
    • A. Broker supervision — 2. Executive brokers
    • A. Broker supervision — 3. Part-time brokers
    • A. Broker supervision — 4. Failure to supervise
    • A. Broker supervision — 5. Independent dealing
    • A. Broker supervision — 6. Self dealing
    • B. Office management
    • B. Office management — 1. Unlicensed staff
    • B. Office management — 2. Policies and procedures
    • B. Office management — 3. Employer/employee relationships, including restrictions
    • B. Office management — 4. Employee vs. independent contractor
    • B. Office management — 5. Employee/licensee record keeping
    • B. Office management — 6. Training
    • C. Trust funds
    • C. Trust funds — 1. Handling of funds
    • C. Trust funds — 2. Trust accounts
    • C. Trust funds — 3. Commingling
    • C. Trust funds — 4. Disbursement of trust funds
    • D. Record keeping
    • D. Record keeping — 1. Transaction documents
    • D. Record keeping — 2. Financial records
    • E. Business organization
    • E. Business organization — 1. Forms of business
    • E. Business organization — 2. Firm name approval
    • E. Business organization — 3. Place of business
    • E. Business organization — 3. Place of business — a. Signage
    • E. Business organization — 3. Place of business — b. Display of license
    • F. Business practices
    • F. Business practices — 1. Ethics
    • F. Business practices — 2. Implied duty of good faith
    • F. Business practices — 3. Due diligence
    • F. Business practices — 4. Third-party service providers
    • G. Advertising
    • H. Compensation
  • VI. Client and Customer Relationships and Agency Disclosures (12%)
    • A. Agency
    • A. Agency — 1. Sub agency
    • A. Agency — 2. Single agency
    • A. Agency — 3. Seller’s agent
    • A. Agency — 4. Buyer’s agent
    • A. Agency — 5. Dual agency
    • B. Required and waivable duties
    • C. Agency disclosures
    • D. Agency agreements
    • D. Agency agreements — 1. Requirements
    • D. Agency agreements — 2. Expirations
    • E. Misrepresentation of agency
    • F. Offers
    • G. Promoting best interests of the client
  • VII. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, Condition and Inspection (10%)
    • A. Elements of real property
    • B. Forms of ownership
    • C. Land description
    • C. Land description — 1. Legal descriptions
    • C. Land description — 2. Surveys
    • C. Land description — 3. Easements
    • C. Land description — 4. Encroachments
    • D. Land use control
    • D. Land use control — 1. Zoning
    • D. Land use control — 2. Eminent domain
    • E. Knowledge of property
    • F. Material disclosures
    • G. Liability considerations
    • H. Transfer of property-title transfer
    • H. Transfer of property-title transfer — 1. Deeds
    • H. Transfer of property-title transfer — 2. Liens
    • H. Transfer of property-title transfer — 3. Title insurance
  • VIII. Property Valuation and the Appraisal Process (5%)
    • A. Elements of value
    • B. Approaches to property pricing and valuation
    • B. Approaches to property pricing and valuation — 1. Appraisal
    • B. Approaches to property pricing and valuation — 2. BPO
    • B. Approaches to property pricing and valuation — 3. CMA
    • C. Taxes
  • IX. Contracts, Financing and Settlement (15%)
    • A. Contract elements
    • B. Types of contracts
    • C. Agreements to be written
    • D. Agency contracts
    • E. Sales contracts
    • E. Sales contracts — 1. Terminology
    • E. Sales contracts — 2. Procedures
    • E. Sales contracts — 3. Standard components
    • E. Sales contracts — 4. Contingencies and misc. provisions
    • E. Sales contracts — 5. Contractual rights and obligations
    • E. Sales contracts — 6. Disputes and dispute resolution
    • F. Unauthorized practice of law
    • G. Statute of frauds
    • H. Offers
    • I. Commission agreements
    • J. Financing
    • J. Financing — 1. Financing instruments
    • J. Financing — 2. Financing sources
    • J. Financing — 3. Types of loans
    • J. Financing — 4. Financing clauses
    • J. Financing — 5. Lending issues
    • K. Lender requirements
    • K. Lender requirements — 1. Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)
    • K. Lender requirements — 2. FHA, VA, and conventional loan requirements
    • K. Lender requirements — 3. Property insurance (hazard, flood, homeowners)
    • K. Lender requirements — 4. Title insurance
    • K. Lender requirements — 5. Appraisal
    • L. Settlement and settlement calculations
    • M. Foreclosure
  • X. Property Management (10%)
    • A. Types and components of leases
    • B. Business practices
    • B. Business practices — 1. Property management agreements
    • B. Business practices — 2. Record keeping
    • B. Business practices — 3. Trust accounts
    • B. Business practices — 4. Trust funds
    • B. Business practices — 5. Security deposits
    • C. Lessor and lessee rights
    • D. Agent-owned properties
    • E. Disclosures
Examination sources