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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
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 2
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 3
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-601, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-601, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1101, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1106, contiguous text segment 2
Duplicate principal broker license for a branch office
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-704, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-704, contiguous text segment 2
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
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1003, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1003, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1003, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1024, contiguous text segment 1
Reinstatement of an expired license within the prescribed one year period
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 2
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 3
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-603, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 2
Transfer of an existing broker license to another firm
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 4
Annual renewal on inactive status
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 2
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 3
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 2
Automatic licensure for qualifying military members, veterans and spouses
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-404, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-404, contiguous text segment 2
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
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-701, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-703, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-703, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-703, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1024, contiguous text segment 1
Activation of an inactive license
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 2
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 3
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-307, contiguous text segment 4
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-308, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-602, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 2
Nonresident licensure by reciprocal credentials
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-305, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-305, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-501, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-502, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-502, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-503, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 5
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 6
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 7
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 8
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 9
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 10
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 11
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 2
- AREC Policy Decisions
AREC-L-BR-001, nonresident broker post-license policy
Reissuance after name, address or office change or loss of license
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-706, contiguous text segment 1
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
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-404, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-404, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-702, contiguous text segment 1
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
- 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.
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-305, contiguous text segment 1
- Arkansas Real Estate License Law
A.C.A. § 17-42-305, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-501, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-502, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-502, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-503, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 5
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 6
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 7
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 8
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 9
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 10
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-401, contiguous text segment 11
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-1105, contiguous text segment 2
- AREC Policy Decisions
AREC-L-BR-001, nonresident broker post-license policy
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-702, contiguous text segment 1
Temporary interim broker license on firm transfer
- 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.
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 1
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 3
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-705, contiguous text segment 4
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-702, contiguous text segment 1
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
- Arkansas Real Estate and Property Management Content Outlines
page 07, Arkansas Unified Real Estate Broker Examination Content Outline, effective date and scoring
- Arkansas Real Estate and Property Management Candidate Handbook
page 11, Answering Exam Questions
- Arkansas Real Estate and Property Management Candidate Handbook
page 17, Scaled Score table
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-402, contiguous text segment 2
- Code of Arkansas Rules, 17 CAR Part 220
17 CAR § 220-402, contiguous text segment 3
- Arkansas Real Estate and Property Management Candidate Handbook
page 8, Exams and Fees, Real Estate Unified Broker
- Arkansas Real Estate and Property Management Candidate Handbook
page 17, Retake Requirements, comprehensive examination boundary