The Alabama Real Estate Commission requires students qualifying to apply for a reciprocal license to complete a 6-hour class covering Alabama License Law. SCORE offers this class as part of the Prelicense course. Interested individuals should contact SCORE for information before registering.
Qualifications to Obtain a Reciprocal License in Alabama:
- Hold a current license on either active or inactive status in the state where you took prelicense coursework and took the entire exam. This is called your qualifying state.
- Obtain a certification of licensure (license history) from your qualifying state and any other state(s) where you hold or have held a license within the past 5 years.
- Complete the appropriate 6 hours of Alabama law in either the salesperson or broker prelicense course.
Choose the course that corresponds to the license for which you qualify. - Pass the Alabama law portion of Alabama’s salesperson or broker licensing exam.
Applicants for a reciprocal license should request an evaluation of their status PRIOR to enrolling in the Alabama law class to qualify for the Alabama law portion of the salesperson or broker exam.
Determination of Examination Form for Reciprocal Licensing Form
This form, along with certification(s) of licensure from your qualifying state plus any other states in which you have been licensed within the past 5 years, may be faxed or mailed to the Commission. You may also scan in your certifications of licensure and email them to the Commission along with a request for determination of reciprocal licensing exam eligibility.
Alabama Real Estate Commission
1201 Carmichael Way
Montgomery, Alabama 36106
334.242.5544 Phone
334.270.9118 Fax
Current cost for the class is $125 which includes instructional materials.
