Idaho Real Estate Broker Exam — All Questions

An Idaho salesperson applying for a broker license must show active, full-time licensed experience of:

• a.One year within the three years before application
• b.Two years within the five years before application✓
• c.Three years within the seven years before application
• d.Five years within the ten years before application

Idaho Code 54-2012(2)(a) requires a broker or associate broker applicant to provide "satisfactory evidence of having been actively engaged, on a full-time basis, for two (2) years as a licensed real estate salesperson within the last five (5) years immediately prior to the date on which the individual makes application." The evidence must show productiveness commensurate with other licensees, and the Commission may ask for a report of listings and sales certified by the applicant's brokers. One year within three, three within seven, and five within ten are all invented pairings; the statute names exactly one pair. The window matters as much as the count — experience that is old enough to fall outside the five-year lookback does not qualify, though 54-2012(2)(a)(iii) lets the Commission modify the requirement for related background.

To renew an Idaho license on active status, the licensee must certify completion of:

• a.Two commission core courses plus twelve classroom hours✓
• b.Four commission core courses and nothing further
• c.A repeat of the licensing examination each renewal period
• d.Membership in a national association and its ethics course

Idaho Code 54-2023(1) requires each licensee renewing on active status, and each licensee moving from inactive to active, to "successfully complete two (2) commission core courses, plus twelve (12) classroom hours of continuing education credit." Four core courses with nothing further drops the twelve classroom hours that carry most of the requirement. Re-examination is not part of renewal anywhere in the chapter: 54-2014 places the exam at entry, and continuing education is what carries competence forward from there. Association membership is voluntary and cannot be a condition of a state license, though 54-2023(6)(d)(i) does let a licensee claim credit for a national designation course. Under 54-2018(5) a licensee who applies to renew active without the credit hours is subject to discipline.