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Transfer a Real Estate License to Indiana

Verified July 2026 · 33 official sources

No reciprocity, endorsement is the Commission's call

Indiana has no reciprocity with any state. The only door in is a case-by-case Endorsement application, reviewed for equivalence by a Commission member and then voted on by the full Real Estate Commission. Approval waives the 90-hour course and the entire national exam, leaving one 50-question Indiana state-law exam at $55. Indiana abolished the salesperson license in 2014, so arriving salespersons and brokers both land as an Indiana broker, and timing is the trap because the Commission met only 9 times in 2026 and nothing moves until it votes.

First year: $115Renewal: $60 / 3 yrsWait: 6 to 8 weeks to a Commission vote, then the examWork while waiting: No, Indiana has no temporary licenseTravel required: None

What carries over to Indiana, and what does not

Comes with you

  • Your active out-of-state license, the whole basis of the claim
  • National exam portion, waived once the Commission approves
  • The 90-hour pre-licensing course, waived the same way
  • No fingerprints, no background check, no E&O to buy

New for this state

  • The $60 broker application filed in MyLicense One
  • Verification sent direct from every state that licensed you
  • 50-question Indiana state-law exam, 90 minutes, scaled 75
  • 30 hours of post-licensing education, then 12 CE hours a year

If you hold a broker license

Nothing changes at the door. An arriving broker files the same $60 application and sits the same state-law exam for the same Indiana broker license. Managing broker is a separate later application that since July 1, 2025 needs 3 years of active broker licensure (up from 2), a 24-hour course, and a new written exam, plus Indiana residency unless every licensee at the firm is a nonresident.

Working in Indiana without a Indiana license

On a single deal Commercial yes, residential no. IC 25-34.1-3-11 lets an out-of-state commercial broker work an Indiana commercial deal unlicensed, if you cooperate in writing with an Indiana broker, file an irrevocable consent to service of process, name that broker in all ads, and run every dollar and document through them. Residential offers only written permission the Commission may grant in its sole discretion under IC 25-34.1-3-2(b)(12), unadvertised.
Referrals Yes, it is in the statute. IC 25-34.1-3-2(b)(7) exempts referral of real estate business between a broker licensed in another state and an Indiana broker, both directions. The Indiana firm needs a written agreement with the client and a written fee agreement with the cooperating broker, and any split reaches you through your own broker.

Your send-off checklist

YOUOrder license verification from every state that ever licensed you. Each regulator must send it to Indiana directly, you cannot hand-carry it. varies
YOUOpen an Access Indiana account and file the broker application in MyLicense One. Answer Yes to "Are you applying by reciprocity", give the reciprocal state and license number, and elect Active, Inactive, Referral, or Unassigned. $60 plus an online fee, confirming MyLicense One
YOUUpload Positive Response Documentation for any yes on arrest, discipline, denial, or complaint, signed by you with court records. Attorney and insurer letters are not accepted.
STATE BOARDSA Commission member checks whether your state's requirements are equivalent, then the full Commission votes. The 2026 meetings were Jan 21 and 29, Mar 11, Apr 22, Jun 17, Aug 12, Sep 23, Oct 21, Dec 16.
YOUOnce approved, book the Broker by Endorsement exam with Pearson VUE at least 48 hours ahead. It runs 90 minutes, 60 questions with 50 scored, all Indiana law, scaled 75 to pass, at any US test center. $55 Pearson VUE Indiana
YOUUpload the original score report. A pass is good one year, a retake is a fresh $55.
YOULine up an Indiana managing broker or firm to approve the association in MyLicense One. Nothing issues Active or Referral until they do.
YOUR SCHOOLFinish 30 hours of Indiana post-licensing education within 2 years of issuance. It binds endorsement licensees too and stands in for CE for two CE years. school sets price

The money

Broker application, endorsement included$60
MyLicense One processing feeconfirming
Pearson VUE state-law exam, per sitting$55
License verification from each old statevaries
Fingerprints and background check$0, not required
E&O insurance$0, not required
Recovery fund$0 separate, surcharge only if the fund dips
90-hour pre-licensing course$0 once endorsement is approved
30-hour post-licensing course, within 2 yearsschool sets price
TOTAL First year, typical$115
Then: renewal every 3 years$60

Watch out in Indiana

  • The Commission met only 9 times in 2026, so a file landing just after a meeting waits 6 to 8 weeks for the next one, and nothing moves until that vote.
  • One year from filing is the hard limit covering the vote, the exam, and every stray document. Miss it and the application is abandoned with no board action, and you refile as a new applicant.
  • Managing broker got harder on July 1, 2025. The prerequisite went from 2 years to 3 years of active broker licensure and a new written exam was added. Whether out-of-state years count toward it is confirming.

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