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.
- Supply list of closed transactions per §30-40-12(a)(1).
- Complete National Criminal Background Check.
Submit application, fees, broker recommendation(s), and proof of education.
Maintain an office space in the State of West Virginia.
Qualifying to sit for Examination
Submit
application for exam online. **We no longer accept paper applications**
Submit fingerprints for
national criminal history check.
The following documents need to be completed and uploaded or included with your application
Official Course Completion Certificates
Copy of driver's license
Broker's Recommendation Form
Closed Transactions Form - Sales
Closed Transaction Form - Property Management
- You must have 20 closed transactions in the two years prior to your application date or 40 closed transactions over any number of years.
Once your application is approved, you will receive an email from the testing vendor to schedule your exam date. 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.
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.
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After passing the Exams (Associate Broker and Broker)
Submit online application and upload the following:
Brokers must also:
Register with the WV Secretary of State's Office, and YOU must be listed as a member or an officer of the company. The physical address of the company must be in West Virginia.
Upload the following with the application: