RCW 18.85.101
Broker's license—Requirements—Renewal.
(1) The minimum requirements for an individual to receive a broker's license are that the individual:
(a) Is 18 years of age or older;
(b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent;
(c) Except as provided in RCW 18.85.141, has furnished proof, as the director may require, that the applicant has successfully completed 90 hours of instruction in real estate. Instruction must include courses as prescribed by the director including fundamentals, which shall include three hours of instruction on fair housing and consumer protection issues, and practices. Each course must be completed within two years before applying for the broker's license examination and be approved by the director. The applicant must pass a course examination, approved by the director for each course used to satisfy the broker's license requirement; and
(d) Has passed the broker's license examination.
(2) The broker's license may be renewed upon completion of continuing education courses and payment of the renewal fee as prescribed by the director. The education requirements for the first renewal of the broker's license must include 90 hours of courses as prescribed by the director, including real estate law, which shall include three hours of instruction on fair housing and consumer protection issues, advance practices, and continuing education.
(3) The broker is licensed to one firm at a time and is supervised by a designated or managing broker.
[ 2021 c 288 § 2; 2008 c 23 § 11; 1994 c 291 § 1; 1985 c 162 § 1; 1972 ex.s. c 139 § 8; 1953 c 235 § 5; 1951 c 222 § 7; 1941 c 252 § 15; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 8340-38. Formerly RCW 18.85.090.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 288: See note following RCW 18.85.211.
Effective date—1994 c 291: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1995." [ 1994 c 291 § 5.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.85 - Real Estate Brokers and Managing Brokers.
18.85.021 - Real estate commission created—Qualifications, terms, appointment of members—Vacancies.
18.85.025 - Commission—Compensation and travel expenses—Frequency of meetings.
18.85.031 - Commission—Educational conferences—Examinations of applicants for licenses.
18.85.035 - Commission—Home inspector referrals—Procedures.
18.85.041 - Director—General powers and duties.
18.85.051 - Publication of chapter—Distribution.
18.85.053 - Controlling interest in a real estate business—Prohibited practices.
18.85.061 - License fees—Real estate commission account.
18.85.075 - Director and employees business interest prohibited.
18.85.081 - Licensure of town, city, or county employees conducting real estate transactions.
18.85.091 - Firm license—Requirements.
18.85.101 - Broker's license—Requirements—Renewal.
18.85.111 - Managing broker's license—Requirements—Renewal.
18.85.121 - Designated brokers—Registration—Endorsements.
18.85.131 - Out-of-state licensees—Requirements in lieu of licensing.
18.85.141 - Substitution of educational requirements—Rules.
18.85.151 - Exemptions from licensing.
18.85.171 - Applications—Conditions—Fees.
18.85.181 - Examinations—Sample questions—Scope—Moneys from sale.
18.85.191 - License fees—Expiration—Renewal—Identification cards—Background checks.
18.85.201 - Responsibility for conduct of subordinates.
18.85.211 - Licenses—Renewal—Continuing education.
18.85.221 - Licenses—Names—Restrictions as to use.
18.85.231 - Licenses—Office or records depositories required—Record maintenance and production.
18.85.241 - Licenses—Branch office.
18.85.255 - Licenses—Change of location.
18.85.265 - Inactive licenses.
18.85.275 - Designated broker or managing broker—Authority and duties.
18.85.285 - Transactions and recordkeeping—Trust accounts—Requirements.
18.85.291 - Brokers and managing brokers—Termination of affiliation with firm—Notice.
18.85.301 - Sharing commissions.
18.85.311 - Distribution of interest from brokers' trust accounts.
18.85.321 - Real estate education program account.
18.85.331 - License required—Prerequisite to suit for commission.
18.85.351 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
18.85.361 - Disciplinary action—Grounds.
18.85.370 - Disciplinary action—Director's delegation of authority.
18.85.380 - Disciplinary action—Hearing—Conduct of.
18.85.390 - Disciplinary action—Order—Appeal.
18.85.401 - Appeal—Transcript—Cost.
18.85.411 - Violations—Penalty.
18.85.420 - Attorney general as legal advisor.
18.85.430 - Enforcement provisions.
18.85.440 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
18.85.461 - Washington real estate research account—Creation.
18.85.471 - Real estate research center—Purpose.