Arizona State Requirement Details for Real Estate Pre-Licensing Education
Provider Approval Number: S21-0001
Hours Required by the State: 96 hours here
- 90-hour salesperson pre-licensing course
- 6-hour contract writing course
Seat Time: The Arizona Department of Real Estate requires that all students spend a minimum amount of seat time engaged in the course content. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.
Pre-Licensing Final Exams: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 75%. A student may retest a maximum of two times. Otherwise, students failing the end-of-course examination must repeat the course prior to being eligible to take the end-of-course examination again.
Proctoring Final Exams: The state requires that your final course exam be proctored. You’ll need to schedule an appointment with an online proctor in advance. You can find full details of the proctoring process . Upon passing the final course exam you will be asked to sign an affidavit verifying your identity as the student who completed the course and the final course exam. You can find a list of approved proctors here.
Licensing Exam: The licensing exam is administered by PearsonVue. Registration for the state licensing exam is an entirely separate process from proctoring for your course final exam. For instructions to register for your state licensing exam and further information, please click here.
Course Completions: Students must participate in each course for the number of hours of credit awarded and daily course segments cannot exceed 10 hours. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you. Per AZ regulations, the salpesperson pre-licensing course final exam time is not included in the 90 hours of seat time.
The CE Shop’s Offering: 96 hours
- 90-hour salesperson pre-licensing course
- 6-hour contract writing course
Student Identity Verification: For the 90-hour pre-licensing and 6-hour contract writing course, students will be required to authenticate their identity through an outside vendor every time they log in. Instructions on how to set this up are located within the course.
Reporting: The state does not require schools to report qualifying course completions. Students will submit their certificate of completion with their license application.
Expiration Date of Course: The CE Shop’s Pre-Licensing courses expire one year after the date of purchase. The CE Shop will allow students to purchase a new course at a 50% discount of the current retail price of the new course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in the student’s account.
Certificates: Once The CE Shop has received the signed affidavit, your certificate of course completion will become available to download (and via email). The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic certificate of completion, upon completion of the course. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies. Please refer to your license application to determine if you need to submit your certificate of completion with your license request. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date of your certificate of completion will reflect this.
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