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Mississippi State Requirements

Education Requirements

Salesperson Licensing Requirements

Every applicant for a resident license as a real estate salesperson shall be age eighteen (18) years or over, shall be a bona fide resident of the State of Mississippi prior to filing his application, and shall have successfully completed a minimum of sixty (60) hours in courses in real estate as hereafter specified; and shall have successfully completed the real estate salesperson's examination as hereafter specified.

No more than eight (8) pre-license hours may be earned in a single day.

(1) Minimum standards for the content for education courses required for licensure as a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson shall include content on:

  • (a) The provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations promulgated hereunder;
  • (b) Listing Property;
  • (c) Property valuation/appraisal;
  • (d) Real estate arithmetic;
  • (e) Characteristics of real property;
  • (f) Agency and non-agency relationships;
  • (g) Real estate sale contracts/agreements of sale;
  • (h) Leasing and property management;
  • (i) Transfers of title/ownership/deeds;
  • (j) Settlement procedures;
  • (k) Financing;
  • (l) Professional responsibilities and ethics;
  • (m) Fair housing;
  • (n) Federal laws affecting real estate

The thirty-hour post-license course shall be offered by providers certified and approved by the commission, and an annual certification fee of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) shall be charged to providers. The thirty-hour post-license course work shall be offered in no less than fifteen-hour increments of classroom instruction. No more than eight (8) hours may be earned in a single day. The commission shall determine standards for approval of post-license courses and course providers, and shall require certification of such course work of the applicant. A minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of the thirty-hour course work shall be in the following subjects: agency relationships, contracts, earnest money, antitrust, fair housing, ethics, and property condition disclosure. The remaining six (6) hours shall be in subjects intended to enhance the competency of licensees in representing consumers, and may include the following subjects: pricing property, environmental issues, home inspections, leases and property management, and mortgage processes. In the post-licensing course for broker licensees, a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours of the thirty-hour coursework shall be in the following subjects; managing, escrow accounts, intraoffice confidentiality, broker responsibilities to licensees, office policies and procedures (including agency office policies), broker agreements with licensees and assistants and Mississippi Real Estate Commission required forms and any other subject as the commission may, by rule, require to be included in such course. The remaining six (6) hours shall be in subjects intended to enhance the competency of brokers, including, without limitation, managing agents, recruiting, retention, budgeting and financial planning.

No reciprocity.>

Post Licensing Requirements

If Licensed After 1990: Must take 30 hours of Post Licensure by the end of their 1st year.

Continuing Education Requirements

If Licensed Prior to 1990: Must take CE every 2 years and their license expires December 31st.

If Licensed After 1990: Then, must take CE every 2 years and their license expires at the end of the month in which they are licensed.

License renewal requires 16 clock-hours of approved course work. This shall apply to each two-year license renewal. The commission may determine any required subject matter within the mandated 16 hours; provided that the required subjects shall not exceed 8 hours of the total 16 hours.

Reciprocity

No reciprocity.

Reporting

STUDENT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

  • 1. Report credit hours to the Commission within thirty (30) days of course completion.
  • 2. List (a)each Mississippi licensee in attendance in alphabetical order, and (b)include a copy of each certificate of completion.
  • 3.Please send by regular mail once-a-month to: Mississippi Real Estate Commission ATTN: Continuing Education PO Box 12685 Jackson, MS 39236-2685
  • 4. Attendance and other records of each provider must be kept on file for a period of three years and are subject to inspection by the Commission at any time during normal business hours.