Requirements for a WV Broker License
Applicants must:
- Be 18 years or older and have a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Have been licensed for a minimum of two (2) years as a salesperson.
- Complete National Criminal Background Check.
Qualifying to sit for Examination
Complete course requirement.
Submit
application for exam online. **We no longer accept paper applications**
Complete
national criminal history check. **Click link to schedule and use service code 228Q6K.**
The following documents need to be completed and uploaded with your application **Please ensure all forms used are current by using the links below. Outdated forms will not be accepted.**
Our Licensing Department will review your application and will notify you via email if you have been approved or if your application is incomplete. You will be emailed by the testing vendor, Pearson Vue, to schedule your exam date after you have been approved. If you do not receive the email from the testing vendor within 72 hours, please contact the licensing department at REClicensing@wv.gov. You have ninety (90) days OR two attempts (whichever comes first) before you have to resubmit an application to sit for the exam.
Study Materials
Please fill out the
re-take exam application and mail the fee and application to Licensing, 300 Capitol Street, Suite 400, Charleston, WV 25301.
You have ninety (90) days to apply for a license after you pass BOTH portions of the exam.
Do you need to apply to retake the exam?
Click here
After passing the Exams (Associate Broker and Broker)
Submit online application and upload the following:
2. Register with the WV Secretary of State's Office, and YOU must be listed as a member or an officer of the company.