How to get your license: Managing brokers

Requirements

To qualify for a managing broker’s license, you must:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Provide proof you have at least 3 years of full-time experience as an active real estate broker, or other qualifying experience as described in WAC 308-124A-713.
• Successfully complete 90 hours of approved real estate education within 3 years before applying for the exam. This education must include:
  • 30 hours of brokerage management
  • 30 hours of business management
  • 30 hours of advanced real estate law
• Pass the managing broker’s Exam.

For a list of approved real estate education, see the Real Estate Education Course Catalog.

How to apply for a license

If you’ve passed the managing broker’s exam:

1. Complete the Real Estate License Application, following the instructions on the form.
2. If you haven’t sent us your fingerprints since July 1, 2010, have your fingerprints taken. Take the fingerprint card you received at the testing center to any fingerprinting service approved by the Washington State Patrol.
   • Each fingerprinting service sets its own fee, and you’ll be required to pay them when you get your fingerprints taken.
   • Be sure to include your completed fingerprint card with your application. If it doesn’t include a completed fingerprint card, it is incomplete and we can’t process it.
   • Don’t fold the fingerprint card when you submit it, or your fingerprints will have to be retaken.
3. Submit your completed application and fingerprint card with a check or money order for the fees (payable to the Department of Licensing):
   • By mail to:
     
     Real Estate Licensing
     Department of Licensing
     PO Box 3917
     Seattle, WA 98124-3917
   • In person at our Olympia office (2000 4th Ave W).

If you have a license in another state:

1. Request a certified license history from the real estate licensing agency in the state where you’re currently licensed.
   • If you’ve had an active license in the previous 6 months, you’ll only be required to take the Washington State portion of the licensing exam.
   • If you qualify, we’ll waive the education requirements.
2. Submit your license history with a cover letter that includes your mailing address:
   • By mail to:
     
     Real Estate Licensing
     PO Box 9021
     Olympia, WA 98507-9021
   • In person at our Olympia office (2000 4th Ave W).

License expiration

Your managing broker’s license will expire 2 years after it is issued.

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