2006 Minnesota Statutes

82.29 MS 2002 [Renumbered 82.42]
82.29 LICENSING; EXAMINATIONS AND INSTRUCTION.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. Each applicant for a license must pass an examination conducted
by the commissioner. The examinations shall be of sufficient scope to establish the competency of
the applicant to act as a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson.
    Subd. 2. Examination eligibility; revocation. No applicant shall be eligible to take any
examination if a license as a real estate broker or salesperson has been revoked in this or any other
state within two years of the date of the application.
    Subd. 3. Examination frequency. The commissioner shall hold examinations at such times
and places as the commissioner may determine, except that said examinations will be held at
least every 45 days.
    Subd. 4. Broker's examination. (a) The examination for a real estate broker's license shall
be more exacting than that for a real estate salesperson, and shall require a higher degree of
knowledge of the fundamentals of real estate practice and law.
(b) Every application for a broker's examination shall be accompanied by proof that the
applicant has had a minimum of two years of actual experience within the previous five-year
period prior to application as a licensed real estate salesperson in this or in another state having
comparable requirements or is, in the opinion of the commissioner, otherwise or similarly
qualified by reason of education or practical experience. The applicant shall have completed
educational requirements in accordance with subdivision 8. An applicant for a limited broker's
license pursuant to section 82.34, subdivision 13, shall not be required to have a minimum of two
years of actual experience as a real estate person in order to obtain a limited broker's license to
act as principal only.
    Subd. 5. Waivers. The commissioner may waive the real estate licensing experience
requirement for the broker's examination.
(a) An applicant for a waiver shall provide evidence of:
(1) successful completion of a minimum of 90 quarter credits or 270 classroom hours of
real estate-related studies;
(2) a minimum of five consecutive years of practical experience in real estate-related areas; or
(3) successful completion of 30 credits or 90 classroom hours and three consecutive years of
practical experience in real estate-related areas.
(b) A request for a waiver shall be submitted to the commissioner in writing and be
accompanied by documents necessary to evidence qualification as set forth in paragraph (a).
(c) The waiver will lapse if the applicant fails to successfully complete the broker's
examination within one year from the date of the granting of the waiver.
    Subd. 6. Passing grade for examination. A passing grade for a salesperson's and broker's
examination shall be a score of 75 percent or higher on the uniform portion and a score of 75
percent or higher on the state portion of the examination.
The commissioner shall not accept the scores of a person who has cheated on an examination.
Cheating on a real estate examination shall be grounds for denying an application for a broker's or
salesperson's license.
    Subd. 7. Reexaminations. An examination may be required before the renewal of any
license which has been suspended, or before the issuance of a license to any person whose license
has been ineffective for a period of two years, except no reexamination shall be required of
any individual who has failed to cause renewal of an existing license because of absence from
the state while on active duty with the armed services of the United States of America, and no
reexamination shall be required of an individual whose license has not been renewed under
section 82.35, subdivision 9.
    Subd. 8. Instruction; new licenses. (a) Every applicant for a salesperson's license shall
be required to successfully complete a course of study in the real estate field consisting of 30
hours of instruction approved by the commissioner before taking the examination specified
in subdivision 1. Every applicant for a salesperson's license shall be required to successfully
complete an additional course of study in the real estate field consisting of 60 hours of instruction
approved by the commissioner, of which three hours shall consist of training in state and federal
fair housing laws, regulations, and rules, and of which two hours must consist of training in laws
and regulations on agency representation and disclosure, before filing an application for the
license. This subdivision does not apply to salespeople licensed in Minnesota before July 1, 1969.
(b) An applicant for a broker's license must successfully complete a course of study in the
real estate field consisting of 30 hours of instruction approved by the commissioner, of which
three hours shall consist of training in state and federal fair housing laws, regulations, and rules.
The course must have been completed within 12 months prior to the date of application for
the broker's license.
(c) An applicant for a real estate closing agent's license must successfully complete a course
of study relating to closing services consisting of eight hours of instruction approved by the
commissioner.
History: 1973 c 410 s 6; 1975 c 38 s 3,4; 1976 c 197 s 4; 1977 c 215 s 2,3; 1979 c 144 s 3;
1983 c 284 s 14; 1983 c 328 s 9; 1984 c 552 s 11-14; 1985 c 251 s 9; 1986 c 358 s 9-11; 1986 c
444; 1Sp1986 c 1 art 7 s 5; 1987 c 336 s 23; 1989 c 347 s 18-22; 1991 c 75 s 1,2; 1991 c 233 s
48-51; 1992 c 555 art 1 s 3; 1993 c 309 s 13,14; 1994 c 632 art 4 s 36,37; 1996 c 439 art 3 s 9;
1997 c 222 s 35; 2000 c 483 s 44; 2001 c 208 s 14; 2002 c 387 s 8,9; 2004 c 203 art 2 s 40,42,45,61