Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Louisiana 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
- Louisiana Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 90 hours
- Exam provider
- Pearson VUE
- Questions
- 135 questions (80 national + 55 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- Scaled 70 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 90 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 Pearson VUE 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
45 hrs within 180 days of licensure
Continuing education
12 hrs annually (4 mandatory)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- The LREC, Licensing, and Keeping a License Active4 lessons
- Licensee Conduct: Brokerage Practice, Documents, and Advertising3 lessons
- Client Funds, Prohibited Acts, and the Real Estate Recovery Fund3 lessons
- Louisiana Law of Agency and Agency Disclosure4 lessons
- Louisiana Civil-Law Property and Ownership4 lessons
- Obligations, Sales, Redhibition, Security Rights, Leases, and Fair Housing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
A husband wants to sell a community-owned home titled only in his name. Under art. 2347, the sale requires
- A. only the titled spouse's signature
- B. court approval
- C. the concurrence of both spouses
- D. the concurrence of any forced heirs
Question 2
Which property is generally community property under art. 2338?
- A. A camp one spouse inherited during the marriage
- B. A car one spouse owned before the marriage
- C. A ring donated to one spouse alone by her mother
- D. A house bought during the marriage with one spouse's salary
Question 3
A broker displays other brokers' listings on its website through an IDX feed. Under LREC rules, this sharing of property data is
- A. advertising that requires written permission from every listed owner
- B. not considered advertising of the shared data by the receiving broker
- C. prohibited unless the receiving broker is a subagent
- D. advertising that must include each seller's name
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