Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Kentucky Real Estate Commission. Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Kentucky Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 96 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 130 questions (80 national + 50 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- 75% on each portion
The steps, in order.
01
Confirm eligibility
Check age, education, background review and other requirements with the regulator.
02
Complete approved education
Confirm the current 96 hours education requirement and approved providers. LicenseIQ does not replace required prelicensing education.
03
Apply and schedule
Follow the regulator’s application and testing authorization sequence; submit required documents and fees. Exact sequencing varies.
04
Prepare and take the exam
Use the PSI candidate handbook for check-in, accommodations, allowed materials and current scoring.
05
Complete license issuance
After passing, complete remaining regulator requirements. Do not practice until the license is issued and active.
06
Maintain your license
Verify post-license education, renewal deadlines and continuing education with the regulator.
Post-license education
48 hrs within 2 yrs of activation
Continuing education
6 hrs annually (3 law)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- The Kentucky Real Estate Commission: Powers, Enforcement, and the Recovery Fund3 lessons
- Requirements for a Kentucky License4 lessons
- Brokerage Activities I: Firm Structure, Teams, Advertising, and Compensation3 lessons
- Brokerage Activities II: Escrow, Records, Improper Conduct, and the Broker Lien3 lessons
- License Law Requirements for Contracts3 lessons
- Agency Relationships and Required Disclosures in Kentucky4 lessons
- Property Management, Landlord-Tenant, Taxes, and Kentucky Fair Housing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
Under 201 KAR 11:210, which criminal history must the Commission investigate before licensure?
- A. Only convictions involving real estate
- B. Any arrest within the previous 2 years
- C. A felony conviction within the previous 10 years or a misdemeanor conviction within the previous 5 years
- D. Only felonies within the previous 5 years
Question 2
A consumer complaint against a licensee must generally be filed with the Commission within what time?
- A. One year from actual knowledge of the cause of action, or from when the complainant reasonably should have known
- B. Ninety days after closing
- C. Two years after the transaction
- D. Five years after the transaction
Question 3
Before engaging in property management for an owner, a Kentucky licensee must have:
- A. Commission approval of the lease form
- B. A separate property management license
- C. An oral agreement witnessed by a tenant
- D. A current written property management agreement
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