Missouri Educational Requirements
Only two of the 75 state items fall here, and the broker outline lists a single bullet: Continuing Education Requirements. Note that the broker outline drops the "Salesperson Course" bullet the salesperson outline carries.
The Twelve Hours
20 CSR 2250-10.100(1) requires each active licensee to complete, during the two-year license period before renewal and as a condition precedent to renewal, "a minimum of twelve (12) hours of real estate instruction approved for continuing education credit by the Missouri Real Estate Commission." Section 339.040.8 carries the same figure at statute level. An hour means 60 minutes with at least 50 minutes of instruction, no credit is allowed for fractional hours, and under 10.100(8) hours beyond the required twelve may not be carried forward to the next period.
Core and Elective
At least three of the twelve hours must be a core course "identified by the Missouri Real Estate Commission and noticed on its official website, no later than March 31 of each even-numbered year as a core course for the following renewal period" (20 CSR 2250-10.100(3)). The balance is elective (10.100(4)). Where the Commission designates no topic, schools may submit courses in Missouri transfer law, broker supervision and escrow management, fair housing, property management, commercial brokerage, or agency and brokerage relationships.
Fair Housing for 2026-2028
The Commission has designated Fair Housing as the core topic for the 2026-2028 renewal period. A licensee taking only one core course for that period must take a Fair Housing course, though a licensee may choose to take all twelve hours as core courses. This is a website designation made under the standing power in 20 CSR 2250-10.100(3), not a statutory or rule amendment, and it names the topic rather than adding hours: the three core hours sit inside the twelve, not on top of them. Missouri has no post-licensure education requirement; the 24-hour Missouri Real Estate Practice Course is a salesperson requirement completed before application, and no broker path requires it.
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State-specific details
State exam facts
- State regulator
- Missouri Real Estate Commission (MREC)
- Prelicensing education
- 48-hour broker pre-examination course
- Passing score
- 75% on each portion
Who regulates real estate brokers in Missouri?
The Missouri Real Estate Commission (MREC), within the Division of Professional Registration, licenses brokers and salespersons and approves the pre-license education and exam.
What experience do I need before the Missouri broker exam?
Broker applicants must have held an active Missouri salesperson license for at least 24 of the 30 months immediately preceding application, and complete the 48-hour broker pre-examination course. The application must be submitted within six months of completing that course.
How is the Missouri broker exam structured?
PSI administers both portions in one 270-minute appointment: a 90-item national portion scored to 100 points in 150 minutes, and a 75-item Missouri state portion scored to 75 points in 120 minutes. You need 75% on each. The state portion is the largest of any state in this family — nearly double the 40-item salesperson state portion — and Missouri publishes a separate broker state outline. The national broker exam is scenario-based, with some items carrying more than four options and one best answer scored up to two points; the Missouri state portion is ordinary four-option multiple choice.
What is on the Missouri broker state portion?
PSI bulletin 4673 sets six areas: Licenses (7 items), Educational Requirements (2), Business Conduct and Practices (40), Disciplinary Proceedings (8), Listing, Offer, and Closing Contract Forms and Costs (12), and Brokerage Relationships (6). Business Conduct alone is 53% of the state portion, so most of your study time belongs in Chapter 339, RSMo and the Commission's rules at 20 CSR 2250-8.
What continuing education do Missouri brokers need?
Twelve hours during each two-year license period, at least three of which must be a core course the Commission designates and posts on its website. For the 2026-2028 renewal period the designated core topic is Fair Housing, so a broker taking only one core course must take Fair Housing. Broker licenses expire 30 June of each even-numbered year (salesperson licenses expire 30 September).
Sources: https://pr.mo.gov/realestate.asp, https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4673, https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=339, https://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/20csr/20csr
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