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Transfer Your Real Estate License to Another State

Pick the states where you want to sell. Your plan shows which ones honor your license, what the exams and fees look like, and how your experience carries over.

All 50 states and DC verified Official sources only Verified July 2026

Heading somewhere that mandates cover? Read errors and omissions insurance requirements by state. Fifteen states require it and several give you no grace period at all.

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Some states treat residents differently.
Pick every state where you hold one.
Broker experience often transfers with you.
Pick as many as apply; we show the minimum for each.
Several states reward long, unbroken licensure.
Discipline history can close waiver doors.
Every state and the District of Columbia, each checked against its own statutes and rules. Something look wrong? Tell us.
New to license transfer? Here's the whole system in one minute.

Every state licenses real estate on its own, and there's no national license or interstate compact. But states open their doors three different ways:

  • License recognition. The state honors a license from anywhere (Nebraska, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Ohio). You skip the classroom and usually take only a short state law exam, and Nebraska asks for no exam at all.
  • Reciprocity agreements. The state honors licenses from a specific list of partner states (Massachusetts has 12, Florida 10, Pennsylvania 5, South Carolina 2). A few, like Minnesota, key off where you live rather than where you are licensed.
  • Start over. The state waives little or nothing (Texas, California, New York). Your experience may still count toward the broker tier.

Separate from all of that: what you can do WITHOUT a license there, like referring a client for a fee or co-brokering one deal. Each state card shows that minimum in gold when you tell us that's all you need.

Every state, one page each

The planner above builds a plan across the states you pick. These are the same profiles as standing pages, easier to link, share or print. 51 of them.

Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming