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Historical Rule for the Texas Administrative Code
TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER EREQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
RULE §535.55Education and Sponsorship Requirements for a Salesperson License
(a) Education requirements for an initial salesperson license. An applicant for an initial salesperson license must provide the Commission with satisfactory evidence of completion of 180 hours of qualifying real estate courses as required under the Act as follows:

  (1) 60 hours of Principles of Real Estate;

  (2) 30 hours of Law of Agency;

  (3) 30 hours of Law of Contracts;

  (4) 30 hours of Promulgated Contracts Forms; and

  (5) 30 hours of Real Estate Finance.

(b) Additional education requirements. A salesperson must complete an additional 90 classroom hours in qualifying courses by the expiration date of the salesperson's initial licensing period and report those hours in accordance with the requirements of §535.91 of this title.

(c) The Commission may waive the education required for a real estate salesperson license if the applicant:

  (1) was licensed either as a Texas real estate broker or as a Texas real estate salesperson within two years before the filing of the application; and

  (2) completed any qualifying real estate courses or real estate related courses that would have been required for a timely renewal of the prior license, or, if the renewal of the prior license was not subject to the completion of qualifying real estate courses or real estate related courses, completed at least 15 hours of courses within the two-year period before filing an application for an active license.

(d) The Commission will issue an applicant an inactive salesperson license upon satisfaction of subsection (a) of this section. An inactive salesperson may not practice as a licensed salesperson until sponsored by an active Texas licensed broker.
Source Note: The provisions of this §535.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 11677; amended to be effective November 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 7327; amended to be effective January 1, 2015, 39 TexReg 9669

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