Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is Virginia Real Estate Board (DPOR). Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- Virginia Real Estate Board (DPOR)
- Prelicense education
- 60 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 120 questions (80 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 150 minutes
- Passing rule
- 56/80 national + 30/40 state
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 60 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
30 hrs within 1 yr of licensure
Continuing education
16 hrs every 2 yrs (11 mandatory from 6/30/2026)
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- Virginia Licensing and the Real Estate Board4 lessons
- Escrow, Records, Discipline and the Transaction Recovery Fund4 lessons
- Brokerage Relationships and Agency in Virginia4 lessons
- Virginia Disclosure Requirements and Advertising4 lessons
- Specific Acts: Condominiums, POAs, Landlord-Tenant and Utility Damage Prevention4 lessons
- Virginia Fair Housing Law3 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
Under 18VAC135-20-190, all advertising by a Virginia licensee must:
- A. Show the salesperson's license number
- B. Include the listing price
- C. Clearly and legibly display the firm's licensed name and include the firm's office contact information
- D. Be approved in advance by the Real Estate Board
Question 2
A Virginia brokerage agreement does not state a termination date. When does it end?
- A. 90 days after the date of the agreement
- B. 30 days after the date of the agreement
- C. 180 days after the date of the agreement
- D. When either party gives written notice, with no default date
Question 3
The seller never delivers the resale certificate. When may the buyer cancel?
- A. Only within 3 days of ratification
- B. Only within 14 days of ratification
- C. At any time before settlement
- D. Never, because the buyer waived it by signing the contract
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