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324.046 Requirements for initial licensure.
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Every applicant for initial licensure as a broker shall have:
(a) Successfully completed not less than twenty-one (21) academic credit hours or
the equivalent from an accredited institution or approved real estate school.
Twelve (12) hours shall be in real estate courses, three (3) hours of which
shall be a course in broker management skills. The commission shall, by
promulgation of administrative regulations, determine the required course
content of broker management skills courses; and
(b) Been engaged in the real estate business as a sales associate averaging at least
twenty (20) hours per week for a period of twenty-four (24) months prior to
application.
Every applicant for initial licensure as a sales associate shall have successfully
completed six (6) academic credit hours or their equivalent in real estate courses
from an accredited institution or approved real estate school.
Proof of the academic credit hours shall be an official transcript from the attended
university or other documentation satisfactory to the commission. Proof of the
requisite experience as a sales associate shall be either a sworn notarized statement
signed by the principal broker or principal brokers or other documentation
satisfactory to the commission. The applicant may file a complaint with the
commission if the principal broker unjustly refuses to sign the statement.
The commission may reduce the two (2) year experience requirement for applicants
for a broker's license to one (1) year, if the applicant has an associate degree in real
estate or a baccalaureate degree with a major or minor in real estate.
Persons licensed under the real estate laws of this state prior to June 19, 1976 shall
not be subject to any educational changes in this chapter or subject to any
continuing education requirements.
Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 45, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 488, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
313, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 7,
effective July 14, 1992. --Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 352, sec. 3, effective July 13,
1984. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 196, sec. 13, effective July 15, 1982. -- Created
1976 Ky. Acts ch. 100, sec. 2.
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