Arizona Real Estate Statutes (A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 20)
Area I is the largest block on the Arizona broker exam at 28 of the 177 counted items. It runs from Article XXVI of the state constitution through the Department, licensing, regulation, property management, subdivisions, the recovery fund and timeshares.
Article XXVI and the Department
Article XXVI, Section 1 of the Arizona Constitution lets a licensee acting for a party draft, fill out and complete, without charge, the instruments incident to that transaction, including preliminary purchase agreements, earnest money receipts, deeds, mortgages, leases, assignments, releases, contracts for sale of realty and bills of sale. The Department of Real Estate administers Chapter 20 under a commissioner appointed by the governor who serves at the governor's pleasure (A.R.S. 32-2106). A ten-member real estate advisory board, appointed by the governor to six-year terms, sits alongside it (A.R.S. 32-2104).
Licensing and renewal
An original broker applicant must have been an active licensed salesperson or broker for at least three of the five years immediately preceding application, must complete a ninety-classroom-hour broker course and pass an examination on it, and must be at least eighteen (A.R.S. 32-2124). A broker management clinic of three three-hour courses must be attended before an original broker licence is activated (A.R.S. 32-2136). Renewal requires twenty-four credit hours of approved continuing education for salespersons and associate brokers each twenty-four-month period (A.R.S. 32-2130(A)).
Trust funds, property management and the recovery fund
Entrusted money goes to a neutral escrow depository in Arizona or to an in-state federally insured trust fund account, with a monthly three-way reconciliation and a $5,000 ceiling on the broker's own money left in to keep the account open (A.R.S. 32-2151). Property management agreements must specify beginning and ending dates and all accounts are designated trust accounts (A.R.S. 32-2173, 32-2174). The real estate recovery fund pays actual, direct out-of-pocket loss up to $30,000 per transaction and $90,000 per licensee, and a licensee who was a party to the transaction has no claim (A.R.S. 32-2186).
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State-specific details
State exam facts
- State regulator
- Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE)
- Exam vendor
- Pearson VUE
- Prelicensing education
- 90 hours of ADRE-approved broker education
- Passing score
- 75%
- Scored questions
- 180
- Time limit
- 315 minutes
Who regulates real estate brokers in Arizona?
The Arizona Department of Real Estate (ADRE) licenses brokers and salespersons. ADRE contracts with Pearson VUE to deliver the licensing exams.
What experience do I need before the Arizona broker exam?
A.R.S. § 32-2124(A)(1) requires an original broker applicant to have been an active licensed real estate salesperson or broker for at least three years during the five years immediately preceding application — the statute counts active licensure, not hours worked, so there is no full-time test. The applicant must also complete a 90-classroom-hour broker course at a commissioner-certified school and pass an examination on it (§ 32-2124(C)); the 27-hour Arizona-specific portion of that course cannot be waived. Under § 32-2136 a broker management clinic consists of three courses of three hours each, and an original broker license applicant must attend one before activating the license.
How is the Arizona broker exam structured?
The Arizona broker exam is administered by Pearson VUE with 180 scored questions (plus 15 unscored pretest items) over about 5 hours 15 minutes, and a score of 75% or higher is required to pass.
Sources: https://azre.gov, https://www.pearsonvue.com/us/en/az/realestate.html
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