New Mexico Real Estate Broker's Examination — exam facts

New Mexico has no salesperson license: the entry-level license is the associate broker, and candidates must pass both the national and the New Mexico portions of the broker's examination. Before applying to test, three commission-approved 30-hour courses are required — principles and practice, real estate law, and broker basics — 90 hours in all, completed within the previous 3 years. Applications go to the commission's examination contractor, which the pages we read do not name.

Source: NMRLD — Real Estate Commission: Apply for a License (2026-09-22)

Neither the rule nor NMRLD's licensing page gives a question count. The rule places exam details in the contractor's candidate information bulletin, and no current copy of that bulletin could be retrieved from an official source.

What we read and found nothing in: 16.61.3 NMAC — Examination and Licensing Application Requirements, § 16.61.3.9 (as amended effective 2/25/2022) (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — Real Estate Commission: Apply for a License (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — former link to the 2019 PSI Candidate Information Bulletin (now redirects to the NMRLD home page) (2026-09-22)

Neither the rule nor NMRLD's licensing page gives a time limit, and no current candidate information bulletin could be retrieved from an official source.

What we read and found nothing in: 16.61.3 NMAC — Examination and Licensing Application Requirements, § 16.61.3.9 (as amended effective 2/25/2022) (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — Real Estate Commission: Apply for a License (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — former link to the 2019 PSI Candidate Information Bulletin (now redirects to the NMRLD home page) (2026-09-22)

The rule requires “a minimum score of 75” on both the state and the national portion, both passed within 90 calendar days of the first attempt — otherwise both portions must be retaken. It does not say whether 75 is a percentage or a scaled score, so PrepPass does not print it as “75%”.

What we read and found nothing in: 16.61.3 NMAC — Examination and Licensing Application Requirements, § 16.61.3.9 (as amended effective 2/25/2022) (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — Real Estate Commission: Apply for a License (2026-09-22)

• up to $95 — Examination application fee, paid to the commission's examination contractor (regulatory ceiling) (Examination contractor, one-time)
• up to $270 — Associate broker license application fee (regulatory ceiling) (New Mexico Real Estate Commission, one-time)

The rule sets ceilings (“not to exceed”), not prices; both fees are non-refundable. Recent veterans, military service members and their spouses and dependent children are exempt from the license application fee for the first licensing period.

Source: 16.61.3 NMAC — Examination and Licensing Application Requirements, § 16.61.3.9 (as amended effective 2/25/2022) (2026-09-22)

Neither the rule nor NMRLD's licensing page states the languages the exam is offered in; both were searched for “language”, “English” and “Spanish”. PrepPass therefore names no exam language.

What we read and found nothing in: 16.61.3 NMAC — Examination and Licensing Application Requirements, § 16.61.3.9 (as amended effective 2/25/2022) (2026-09-22) · NMRLD — Real Estate Commission: Apply for a License (2026-09-22)