Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Missouri 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
- Missouri Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 72 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 140 questions (100 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 270 minutes
- Passing rule
- National 70% + state 75%
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 72 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
None (24-hr MREP practice course before application counted in prelicense)
Continuing education
12 hrs every 2 yrs
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- Missouri Licensing, the Commission and Education4 lessons
- Missouri Brokerage Relationships and Disclosure4 lessons
- Business Conduct: Offices, Supervision, Advertising, Listings and Offers4 lessons
- Escrow, Earnest Money, Closings and Records3 lessons
- Complaints, Discipline and Penalties3 lessons
- Missouri Disclosures, Property, Landlord-Tenant, Taxes and Fair Housing4 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
When a title company conducts the closing, the listing broker:
- A. Must attend only if a dual agent
- B. Must prepare a second statement
- C. Must still review the closing statements and see that they are delivered
- D. Has no responsibility for the statements
Question 2
A Missouri broker holding earnest money must deposit it in:
- A. The salesperson's personal account
- B. A safe in the broker's office
- C. The broker's operating account
- D. A separate bank account designated as an escrow or trust account
Question 3
According to the Commission, a licensee renewing in the 2026-2028 period who takes only one core course must take a course on:
- A. Agency
- B. Fair Housing
- C. Escrow management
- D. Commercial brokerage
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