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Montana State Requirements

Education Requirements

Salesperson Licensing Requirements

  • 1. Must be at least l8 years of age.
  • 2. Must provide evidence of completion of l0th grade education from an accredited high school or equivalent.
  • 3. Must have completed 60 hours of pre-licensing instruction from a school and instructor approved by the Board.
  • 4. Must have passed the Montana Salesperson Examination with a score of 80% on the uniform portion and 70% on the state portion.

After the requirements for licensure are met a completed application with the required documents and fees need to be sent to: Board of Realty Regulation, PO Box 200513, Helena, MT 59620. Once everything is received in this office and it is complete, we will process your application and issue your license. The application(s) can be found under the license information tab.

Broker Licensing Requirements

  • 1. Must be at least l8 years of age.
  • 2. Must provide evidence of graduation from and accredited high school or equivalent.
  • 3. Must have completed 60 hours of pre-licensing instruction for a school and instructor approved by the Board.
  • 4. Must have passed the Montana Broker Examination with a score of 80% on the uniform portion and 80% on the state portion.
  • 5. Must have two years experience as a licensed salesperson
  • 6. Must have completed the following required activity criteria within 3 years of the date of application
    Minimum of 30 residential real estate transactions
    Minimum of 10 commercial, agricultural or farm & ranch real estate transactions

After the requirements for licensure are met a completed application with the required documents and fees need to be sent to: Board of Realty Regulation, PO Box 200513, Helena, MT 59620. Once everything is received in this office and it is complete, we will process your application and issue your license. The application(s) can be found under the license information tab.

Continuing Education Requirements

All real estate licensees, including property managers, are required to complete 12 hours of continuing education every year. Four of those hours must be from the Mandatory Topics list, with the remaining eight hours coming from either the Mandatory or Elective Topics lists. All continuing education must be completed annually prior to October 31st.

Any real estate licensee who currently has the Supervising Broker endorsement must complete a 4 hour designated "Supervising Broker" course each year as part of their 12 hours of annual continuing education in order to maintain the endorsement and continue to supervise salespeople.

Please note that all distance education must be ARELLO approved.

Per ARM 24.210.829 beginning November 1, 2007, new property management licensees are required to complete 12 hours of new licensee mandatory continuing education by the second renewal date as set by ARM 24.1010.413 following their original license issue date. Six of these hours must consist of:

  • (a) two hours of trust accounts
  • (b) two hours of leasing principles
  • (c) two hours of state law update