Source: https://www.azre.gov/Edu/StudentFaqs.aspx
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 13:01:34+00:00

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What are the education requirements for licensure?
Do I schedule the licensing test with the Arizona Department of Real Estate?
What is the application process once the Real Estate license examination has been successful passed? What are the application fees?
Can I apply for my Original Salesperson License through the Online Licensing & Renewal System?
Can I apply for my broker or salesperson license through the Online Licensing and Renewal System if I have a disciplinary action disclosure?
As a current salesperson licensee, can I apply for my broker’s license through the Online Licensing & Renewal System?
Where are the instructions to apply for my license through the Online Licensing & Renewal System?
How can I avoid a duplicate fee when applying through the Online Licensing & Renewal System?
Once I have submitted my application, how do I pay the fee?
How do I activate my license once the license is approved?
Where are the new Broker Management Clinic (BMC) guidelines published?
Where can I attend Continuing Education classes?
Can I take online classes in one day and complete all the required classes?
Where can a list of accredited real estate schools be found?
How do I report my Continuing Education Courses to the Department?
I only do commercial business. Do I need to take a Fair Housing class?
When the internet-based ethics training conducted by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS at REALTOR.org has been completed, does the Arizona Department of Real Estate recognize this course toward continuing education?
Can I use my broker pre-license education for renewal CE?
I took a “segmented” course that covers more than one category. Can I enter it twice?
What is a "CE period?"
How and when to report CE credits completion to the Department.
What do I need to enter my CE credits?
After I enter my CE credits online do I need to keep the Course Completion Certificates?
What happens if a mistake is made while entering information course information?
I entered more than 24 credits but when I go to “Check Status” I only see 24 credits reflected. Why?
What if I enter information for a class I did not really attend?
After I complete my CE for one period can I start classes for the next CE period?
Can I renew my license without submitting my CE credits?
Now that I have entered my CE credits is my license renewed?
Can I have some of my Continuing Education credits waived for other education I attended?
I am a licensee in another state, can any of my education I have already completed for my out of state licensure be applied to either a new license or renewal of a license?
What if I am unable to timely complete my Continuing Education classes but want to renew my license?
Will my classes appear in the Public Database information on the website?
I am less than one year past my expiration date, what are the requirements to get my license reinstated?
I have gone more than one year past my expiration date. What can I do to get my license reinstated?
What is the effective date for the new Broker Management Clinic (BMC) requirement?
Is there a quick reference to determine which real estate brokers are required to complete the new nine (9) hour Broker Management Clinic?
What is a Delegated Associate Broker?
Who must take the 9-hour BMC?
Who is not required to take the new BMC?
How will the new BMC courses be delivered?
Will the new BMC courses be available for credit for any licensee who takes the course?
Is a test required to pass the 9-hour BMC?
How do the three BMC courses differ?
May I take BMC #1, #2 and #3 (i.e., each of the individual courses) from different schools, taught by different instructors?
Are there BMCs that emphasize specific industry disciplines?
No, with the testing provider, Pearson VUE at www.pearsonvue.com/az/realestate.
Upon receiving a successful pass grade for both portions of the Real Estate license examination (one salesperson examination pass grade if passed examination after 2/14/2019), individual forms will be issued to the student by Pearson VUE; and the other is the license application. All forms are required and must be included in the application packet. Application for licensure must be made within one (1) year from the date of successful pass of the examination, whichever comes first in the case of two separate examination dates.
When applying for a salesperson's license, a certificate of attendance at an Introduction to Contract Writing ("Contract Bootcamp") course must be presented.
When applying for a broker's license, a course certificate of attendance at a Broker Management Clinic must be presented.
Broker applicants must provide documentation to support three (3) years of actual full-time experience as a licensed real estate salesperson or broker within the preceding five (5) years. Prior to the broker prelicense courses, the Broker Candidate Experience Verification Form (LI-226) may only be completed by each Broker needed to confirm the (3) three years full-time experience to verify that the applicant was actually practicing real estate then should be returned to the applicant for submission to the Department with the license application.
To be "active status" as a salesperson or associate broker, the licensee must hire on with a licensed employing Broker. This can be done online at az.gov/webapp/dre.
Yes. Applicants with an original salesperson application and out of state applicants with a broker application who do not have a disciplinary action disclosure may apply online through the Online Licensing and Renewal System provided a valid email address was registered with the testing vendor.
No. Those who have a disclosure must apply either in person or by mail. Each applicant must make sure they have all of the necessary documents to complete their application before filing their application by mail or in person.
No. Currently licensed salespersons may apply for their broker license through the ADRE Message Center.
The instructions are located on the Salesperson or Broker Application Form which is received from the testing vendor after passing the exam.
If submitting through the Online Licensing and Renewal System, do not submit the application again through another means (through the Message Center or in person). If submitting an original application through the Message Center, do not submit your application through the Online Licensing and Renewal System. Duplicate submissions may result in a duplicate charge and a delay in processing your application.
Upon notification that your application is complete, you will receive an electronic payment request. Upon successful payment, an inactive license will be issued.
You may activate your license through the Online Licensing & Renewal System by choosing the hire option and entering the employing broker license information to complete the transaction. However, before the license status is officially activated, the Designated Broker must first accept the “hire on” using the same system.
Cemetery and membership camping licenses do not require continuing education credit for renewal.
Real estate licensees may attend classes at ADRE-approved real estate schools. Some of these schools offer "distance learning courses", which can be taken over the internet.
NO MORE THAN 9 credit hours of CE may be entered on any one calendar day - Commissioner's Rule R4-28-402(C).
You can access a list of accredited real estate schools on our website or by clicking here.
Log onto the Department’s website at https://az.gov/webapp/dre and select the option to record Continuing Education (CE) credits. Enter the ADRE course numbers and dates of the CE classes taken during the current CE Period. If filing for renewal within one year after the license expiration date (the "grace year"), enter continuing education classes taken during the last 24 months of the license period or during the grace year.
The course number and dates appear on CE certificates issued by licensed real estate schools upon completion of each ADRE-approved course. If the system returns an error message and information entered matches what is on the certificate, contact the issuing school to verify the course number and credit category.
To renew a real estate license the licensee MUST possess certificates for ALL of the required courses and categories.
Filing a false or misleading application is grounds for license revocation or suspension, and assessment of a civil penalty.
Complete and enter all the required hours for one CE period before any courses are attributed to a subsequent CE period. CE for more than one CE period at a time cannot be entered.
The course number from each certificate should be entered only one (1) time, even if it covers more than one (1) category.
When licensee's business is exclusively commercial properties, a substitute for the Fair Housing requirement may be claimed by contacting the department at click here prior to renewing the license.
When a licensee’s business is exclusively commercial properties and a substitute for the Fair Housing requirement is being claimed, the licensee MUST CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT AT [email protected] BEFORE RENEWING the LICENSE.
The National Association of Realtors® is not a "licensed school" with the Arizona Department of Real Estate. Only courses taught by/through licensed schools qualify for credit toward Continuing Education (CE). The class may be required by the Association for continued membership in good standing, however it is not one for which the Department grants CE credit. Any school providing a course approved by the Department will issue a certificate of completion for the course that includes the course number, school information, date of completion of the course, and the student's name. The information provided on that certificate is sufficient to process the CE portion of the renewal process. If a school does not provide such a certificate, the course is not approved by the Department and does not qualify for CE credit.
the salesperson provides a letter from the school attesting to the fact that the hours taken have fulfilled the mandatory renewal requirement, with an attachment showing the breakdown of the 24 credit hours.
The salesperson is eligible to renew online after the Department records the education course information.
The salesperson cannot renew online and must submit a renewal packet with either the course completion certificate or the letter with attachments from the school.
The course number from each certificate should only be entered one (1) time, even if it covers more than one (1) category. The system will recognize and give credit for each category covered by the class.
Original licenses are issued for a two (2) year period, and renewals are also for a two (2) year period (effective 7/29/2010). At the time of renewal, a salesperson or broker must submit 24 credit hours of Continuing Education (CE). A license will not be issued if this requirement is not met.
CE credits MUST be reported online at www.azre.gov using the Online Licensing System. CE may be entered online at any time after successful completion, with no need to wait until the renewal time of a license or the end of a CE period. Enter one class or a number of classes at any one time. Enter CE for one CE period at a time; until the requirements of one period are met, entering credits for another period cannot be accepted. Up to nine (9) credit hours may be taken per day.
The course certificates issued by the school(s) attended. On those certificates are the date(s) of the class and the course number, both of which are necessary to complete the online CE submittal.
Retain continuing education certificates for at least five (5) years in case an audit requires proof of documented attendance.
When entering a course number in error (the wrong course number, the wrong CE period, etc.) click here to contact the Department.
The screen is divided into two parts, “Requirements” and “Education.” The Requirements portion (top) of the screen only reflects whether the required course credits are earned and, once they are, no further classes are credited there. The lower portion of the screen, the Education section, displays all classes entered.
Reporting CE is a part of the renewal application process, and filing a false or misleading application is grounds for license revocation or suspension, and assessment of a civil penalty.
The law requires 24 hours of continuing education (CE) credits be taken DURING each 24 month period of licensure. If you have a 4 year license and complete 24 hours of credits within the first 24 months (2 years) you can continue to take and record CE, but it will NOT apply to the second 24 months of the licensure period. Classes do not apply to the second CE period until that 24 month period begins. For example, if you are licensed from 7/1/2009 to 6/30/2013 you must take 24 hours of CE between 7/1/2009 and 6/30/2011 and another 24 hours of CE between 7/1/2011 and 6/30/2013.
To renew a real estate license requires certificates for ALL of the required courses and categories entered in the system. Renewal of license does not occur until all the required courses and course hours are entered.
No, the entire renewal application process must be completed. Showing completion of the required CE is just the first step toward renewal. After entering all the required courses for the renewal period within 90 days of license expiration date, the renewal application process may be completed.
All Continuing Education credit applicable to licensing renewals must be pre-approved with the Department to be accepted.
All pre-licensing and/or Continuing Education credit applicable to licensing renewals must be pre-approved with the Department to be accepted.
Only for good cause, the Commissioner MAY grant additional time to complete all the required classes or, in rare cases, may waive some or all of the continuing education classes required for license renewal. (Review R4-28-402(B) in the Law Book.) Submit a written request and, as applicable, corroborating documents to the Education Division for review 60 days PRIOR to the license expiration date. If approved, an approval letter must be attached to the renewal application.
Yes, the classes taken during the last two years (two years back from the checked date) will show on the website. A record checked on 1/1/09 the information displayed will be from 1/1/07 to 1/1/09.
The Department does not have the authority to change a license expiration date and "extend" a license period. When seeking additional time to complete continuing education (CE) classes, read the "What if I am unable to complete my Continuing Education classes but want to renew my license?" FAQ.
If a license has expired, a licensee must renew their license within one (1) year of the expiration date; there are no provisions to extend this date. If renewal is not done with the timeframe, the applicant will be required to apply for original licensure pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-2131.
Complete the continuing education requirements.
Submit education to the Department online.
Submit Legal Presence online (if previously not submitted)-allow 48 business hours for processing/approval prior to renewal.
Submit completed renewal application online, in person or by mail.
Effective from and after January 1, 2013, each Designated Broker and Delegated Associate Broker, one who is delegated the written authority to act on the Designated Broker’s behalf to review and initial contracts or similar instruments pursuant to A.R.S §32-2151.01(G) must take the new BMC. If a Designated Broker has not previously complied with the BMC prior to January 1, 2013, then the new BMC is the requirement that must be met for a total of 30 hours of continuing education. If a Delegated Associate Broker has not completed the 24-hour renewal prior to January 1, 2013, then the new BMC is the requirement that must be met for a total of 30 hours of continuing education for renewal. If during the Delegated Associate Broker’s current license period, the Delegated Associate Broker has at least complied with the BMC prior to January 1, 2013, then the Delegated Associate Broker is not required to take the new BMC.
Is there a quick reference to determine which real estate brokers are required to complete the nine (9) hour Broker Management Clinic?
* Delegated Associate Broker = Associate Broker with written authorization to act on behalf of designated broker by reviewing and initialing contracts and similar instruments pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-2151.01(G). Pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-2136(C), the nine (9) hour BMC became a requirement for the Delegated Associate Broker license type effective January 1, 2013.
** In the case of an appointed Delegated Associate Broker that is not a branch manager, an application is required to be filed with ADRE along with the written authorization.
A Delegated Associate Broker is one who is delegated the written authority to act on the Designated Broker’s behalf pursuant to A.R.S §32-2151.01(G) to review and initial contracts or similar instruments.
A renewing Delegated Associate Broker, that is, one who is delegated the authority to act on the Designated Broker's behalf pursuant to A.R.S §32-2151.01(G).
An original broker applicant, who must complete the BMC before the applicant’s broker’s license may be activated.
An associate broker within the 23 months prior to acting as a Delegated Associate Broker.
Any associate broker within the 23 months prior to being licensed as a Designated Broker.
A Designated Broker, within the 23 months prior to relicensing with another brokerage.
A salesperson or broker acting as the Designated Broker in the Designated Broker’s temporary absence pursuant to A.R.S §32-2127(D).
A salesperson or associate broker acting as a branch manager pursuant to A.R.S §32-2127(B) &(C), except for a Delegated Associate Broker acting under a delegation authority pursuant to A.R.S §32-2151.01(G) who is acting as a branch manager.
A “temporary broker” licensed for the purpose of winding up the business of a deceased designated broker pursuant to A.R.S §32-2133.
Either a Designated Broker or Delegated Associate Broker who, during the current license period and prior to January 1, 2013, completed the 3-hour BMC.
How are BMC courses delivered?
BMC courses are taught live in classroom or distance learning as three distinct 3-hour BMCs: BMC #1, BMC#2 and BMC#3 – a total of 9 hours. Click here to see Substantive Policy Statement 2012.01 for more details on each individual course’s content.
Yes. Any licensee may take the BMC courses for credit, not just Designated Brokers and Delegated Associate Brokers. Each 3-hour BMC course is approved for three hours of Commissioners Standards.
No test is required for a “live” classroom presentation; however, a distance learning course will require quizzes for each of the course modules, as well as a final exam for each 3-hour BMC course.
This course includes: record keeping requirements, fiduciary duties, trust fund accounts, material disclosures, advertising and promotions, ADRE investigations, employment agreements, ADRE broker audits, contracts and other related statutes and rules.
This course addresses broker policy development and related topics, including at least one of the following: the establishment of broker supervision policies (A.A.C. R4-28-1103) or practical application for enforcement of the policies, or emphasizing those policies that ADRE has identified as common complaints or violations and how to avoid them.
This course includes: broker supervision, broker risk management, broker responsibilities/legal obligations and other related topics.
Yes. This may not be advisable but it is permissible under the legislation.
Yes. A BMC school is not limited to providing a “general” BMC, although this may be the most in demand category of the BMC. It is permitted for schools to develop the BMC for specialties (special disciplines), like commercial, property management, timeshare, new home sales, business brokerage, etc. However, if a specialty administration of the BMC is of importance to the licensee, the licensee should check availability of specific courses.

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