•For fastest service, select yes on item #11 to self-schedule your examination date.
•DRE allows reschedule requests on-line, by phone, and through the mail, so examination dates fill quickly and a particular date may not be available; therefore, requests cannot be guaranteed.
•If you do not provide a date on item #13, you will be scheduled for the earliest available date in the area chosen.
Use of a real estate school/business mailing address (item #2) may cause a delay in mail delivery. You may change your mailing address online using eLicensing or by submitting a Broker Examination Change Application (RE 415B).
Exam date notification —Processingtimeframesarelistedatwww.dre. ca.gov.We encourage you to check these timeframes to more accurately estimate when the processing of your application should be completed.
•If you have not received an examination confirmation notice within the timeframes listed on our Web site, you can obtain your scheduled date through eLicensing.
•If you have not yet been assigned an exam date or received a deficiency letter and your application was submitted prior to the processing timeframes, check with your bank or credit card company to assure that DRE has processed your fee.
Reasonable Accommodation Request — Applicants with limitations requiring reasonable accommodation submit a Reasonable Accommodation Request for Examination (RE 413), as well as the required documentation as noted on RE 413, to the exam application and mail or fax the application, documentation, and fee to DRE for processing. Donotattempttoscheduleareasonableaccommodation exam on eLicensing, as it does not provide such service. Compliance with reasonable requests may be limited by scheduling constraints.
Use eLicensing to reschedule an examination, review your examination results and records, request a duplicate schedule or result notice, and change your examination mailing address.
Exam fee valid for two years — Missing requirements may be
submitted anytime within the two year period after DRE receipt of your application/fee.Anew application, fee, and current qualifications will be
required if you fail to qualify and pass the examination during that two yearperiod.Note:If you already have an examination application on file, but have not yet passed your examination, the two year period for your examination application started on the date your initial examination application was submitted.
CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY LICENSED?
If you have a current real estate broker (or broker-officer) license in
California or if your license expired less than two years ago, you are not eligible to take an examination for that type of license.
Note: A broker-officer license which has not been expired for more than two years will protect your right to obtain an individual broker license.
EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
In addition to this application and fee, broker applicants must submit proof of completion of required education and experience. Course(s) completed
through foreign institutions of higher learning must be evaluated by a foreign credentials evaluation service approved by DRE.
Refer to Instructions To License Applicants handbook and Examination Description form (RE 425) for further information, qualification requirements, examination content and examination rules. These materials
are available on the DRE Web site at www.dre.ca.gov or from any DRE office.
If you submitted an examination application more than two years ago, and you qualified based on experience, you will need to resubmit documentation
verifying your experience.
Education – Attach transcripts or credit certificates showing three
semester-units or four quarter-units earned for each required course.
SUBVERSION OF EXAMINATION
Itisamisdemeanorforanypersontosubvertorattempttosubvertanylicensing examination. Sections 123, 123.5, 496, 10153.01 and 10153.1 of the Business and Professions (B&P) Code relate to test security and provide that DRE may deny, suspend, restrict or revoke the license of an applicant or licensee who subverts or attempts to subvert a licensing examination.
In addition to any other penalties, a person found guilty of violating Section 123 of the B&PCode shall be liable for the actual damages sustained by the agency administering the examination not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and the costs of litigation.
PAYMENT & MAILING INFORMATION
Fee — Refer to form RE 206 for exam fees.
Fees are not refunded if an applicant fails to qualify for or pass the examination.
Acceptable payment methods — Cashiers’ check, money order, check or credit card.
•Makecheckormoneyorder payableto: DepartmentofRealEstate.
•If paying by credit card, you must complete a Credit Card Payment Form (RE 909).
Mail To — Department of Real Estate
P.O. Box 137001
Sacramento, CA 95813-7001
EXPEDITED PROCESSING FOR U.S. VETERANS
Honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces are eligible for expedited processing.
•In order to obtain expedited processing, please submit a copy of
your U.S. DD Form 214, NGB-22 form, or Honorable Discharge certificate to confirm your condition of discharge, along with the application, supporting qualification documents, and fee.
•Please note that applications received to this P.O. Box from non- honorably discharged veterans will be processed in received date order.
Mail To — Department of Real Estate
P.O. Box 137014
Sacramento, CA 95813-7014
Attn: Expedited Military Processing
