Florida Real Estate Broker — License Examination Requirements

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This page provides licensing requirements, not a question bank. Review the applicable pathway and official sources below.

Licenses, application pathways and examination requirements

Each license and applicant pathway has its own requirements and exemptions. Choosing practice questions does not determine your eligibility.

Real Estate Branch Office

Registration of an additional office of an existing licensed brokerage or sole proprietor broker.

Open or relocate a branch office

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Application: Submit RE 8 and branch fee; sole proprietor applications use the printable form.
Existing Brokerage: Existing licensed corporation, LLC, partnership or sole proprietor brokerage.
Location: Each additional qualifying office is registered; relocation requires registration and fee for the new location.
Temporary Shelter: An occasional subdivision shelter with no closings or permanent assigned salespersons is evaluated under Rule 61J2-10.023(2).

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Brokerage entity registration and licensing, with licensed qualifying brokers.

Company licensure as a corporation, LLC or professional association

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Entity: Applicable entity formation and registration documents.
Fees: Submit company registration and license fees.
Qualifying Broker: At least one already licensed active qualifying broker; complete and sign RE 7.
Related Licensees: Register the applicable officers, directors, managers, members or partners; active individuals must separately satisfy broker licensing requirements.

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Company licensure as a partnership or LLP

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Entity: Applicable entity formation and registration documents.
Fees: Submit company registration and license fees.
Qualifying Broker: At least one already licensed active qualifying broker; complete and sign RE 7.
Related Licensees: Register the applicable officers, directors, managers, members or partners; active individuals must separately satisfy broker licensing requirements.

Effective from 2026-09-22.

DBPR RE 7 partnership and LLP company checklist
RE 7, exhaustive company application requirements
2026 Florida Statutes, Chapter 475
475.15 Registration and licensing

Renewal of real estate company registration

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Fees: Pay company renewal fees by expiration; late renewal triggers involuntary inactivity and associated license status changes.
Qualifying Broker: Maintain at least one active qualifying broker and required related individual registrations.

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Emergency registration of an already licensed broker for a brokerage, limited to 60 days.

Emergency temporary qualifying broker registration

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Documentation: Show the qualifying broker vacancy and intended appointment as officer, member, manager or partner; submit RE 17.
Duration: At most 60 days; establish a permanent qualifying broker or close the brokerage within that period.
Employment: An existing qualifying broker or sole proprietor may continue those activities; a broker associate cannot continue associate activities while temporarily qualifying the brokerage.
Excluded Trigger: Failure to complete post-license education is not an unexpected vacancy under Rule 61J2-5.018(5).
Existing License: Applicant is already a licensed real estate broker; the brokerage's sole active broker died or unexpectedly cannot remain broker.

Effective from 2026-09-22.