Licensing
Pearson VUE gives this area 4 to 6 items on the broker state portion, fewer than the 7 to 9 a salesperson candidate sees. It covers who needs a license, how one is earned and renewed, and how status changes.
Requirements for Licensure
W.S. 33-28-106(c) requires a responsible broker applicant to have reached the age of majority and to have served actively for two of the four years immediately preceding the application as a salesperson or associate broker. W.S. 33-28-106(e)(viii) requires evidence of not less than 60 cumulative class hours in Commission-approved courses with a passing examination in each. Commission rules chapter 1, section 3(c) adds proof of Wyoming trust accounts or funds holder agreements and a Commission-approved broker management course. Associate broker applicants may substitute a degree in real estate as defined in W.S. 33-28-102(b)(xiv); responsible broker applicants may not.
Activities Requiring a License
W.S. 33-28-102(b)(xlv) defines real estate activity as acts done for another and for compensation: selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, managing, or leasing real estate, negotiating or listing, auctioning, collecting rent, dealing in time shares, and providing a broker's price opinion. W.S. 33-28-104 makes a single such act enough. W.S. 33-28-103 exempts owners dealing with their own property, attorneys in fact under recorded powers, court-appointed fiduciaries, public employees on official duty, resident managers who live on the premises, and homeowners' associations, each unless the person is already a licensee.
Renewal, Continuing Education and Status Changes
W.S. 33-28-118(a) sets successive three-year renewal periods; Commission rules chapter 4 fix the deadline at December 31 of the third year with a January 1 to March 1 window to cure, after which the license is canceled. Active responsible brokers show 53 continuing education hours per cycle, 32 required including a broker management course plus 21 elective; associate brokers and salespersons show 45. A license inactive for less than three years reactivates on application and fee; one inactive for more than three years must first meet the education requirements.
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State-specific details
State exam facts
- State regulator
- Wyoming Real Estate Commission
- Exam vendor
- Pearson VUE
- Prelicensing education
- 60 cumulative class hours (Wyo. Stat. § 33-28-106(e)(viii))
- Passing score
- Scaled score of 75 (both portions)
- Scored questions
- 130
- Time limit
- 240 minutes
Who regulates real estate brokers in Wyoming?
The Wyoming Real Estate Commission licenses real estate salespersons, associate brokers, and responsible brokers, and it sets the passing score for the licensing exams in conjunction with Pearson VUE, which delivers them. After passing, you must file a complete license application within 90 days of the exam date.
What experience do I need before the Wyoming broker exam?
Experience is the gate, and Wyoming states it in the statute: a responsible broker applicant must "have first served actively for two (2) of the four (4) years immediately preceding the application as a real estate salesperson or associate broker" (Wyo. Stat. § 33-28-106(c)(ii)). An associate broker applicant faces the same two-of-four test but may substitute a degree in real estate as defined in § 33-28-102(b)(xiv); a responsible broker applicant has no degree substitute. On education, § 33-28-106(e)(viii) requires not less than 60 cumulative class hours in Commission-approved courses with a passing exam in each — delivered as Broker Course I, Broker Course II, and the Wyoming Law Course — and applicants already actively licensed elsewhere show Course II plus the appropriate portions of Course I. Responsible broker applicants must additionally pass a Commission-approved broker management course; the Commission's rule (chapter 1, section 3(c)(iv)) says it must have been taken no more than two years before the application, while the Pearson VUE handbook describes it as an 8-hour course taken within one year, so confirm the current window with the Commission. Responsible broker applicants also file proof of Wyoming trust accounts or funds holder agreements.
How is the Wyoming broker exam structured?
The Wyoming broker exam has a national/general portion of 80 scored items plus 5 pretest items with 2.5 hours allowed, and a Wyoming state portion of 50 scored items plus 5 to 10 pretest items with 1.5 hours allowed — 130 scored items over four hours in total. Both portions require a scaled score of 75 to pass, and because scores are equated across exam forms, the number you receive is neither the count nor the percentage of questions you answered correctly.
Sources: https://realestate.wyo.gov/real-estate-professionals/obtain-a-license, https://realestate.wyo.gov/real-estate-professionals/rules-regulations, https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/095100.pdf, https://www.pearsonvue.com/content/dam/VUE/vue/en/documents/publications/095101.pdf, https://www.wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title33.pdf
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