Hawaii Real Estate Salesperson Exam — All Questions
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A person who passes the Hawaii salesperson examination may begin practicing real estate when:
- a.The applicant pays into the Recovery Fund only
- b.The license is activated under and supervised by a licensed Hawaii broker✓
- c.The exam results are posted
- d.The applicant joins a trade association
Passing the exam is one step; a Hawaii salesperson may conduct licensed activity only after the license is activated under a licensed broker who supervises the salesperson and accepts responsibility for the licensed activity and trust funds. Without an employing broker, the license is not active.
The education requirement for the Hawaii salesperson licence examination is a real estate curriculum of at least:
- a.Forty-five class hours
- b.Sixty class hours✓
- c.Eighty class hours
- d.One hundred class hours
The salesperson examination education requirement is a minimum of sixty class hours conforming to the commission-approved curriculum; the broker examination requires a minimum of eighty class hours. A class hour means sixty minutes of classroom instruction. Cite: Haw. Admin. R. Sec. 16-99-36.
To sit for the Hawaii real estate broker examination, a candidate must have practical experience as a full-time Hawaii-licensed salesperson of at least:
- a.One year within the previous two-year period
- b.Two years within the previous three-year period
- c.Two years within the previous five-year period
- d.Three years of the five-year period before applying✓
The broker candidate must have experience as a full-time Hawaii-licensed real estate salesperson associated with a Hawaii-licensed broker for at least three years of the five-year period immediately prior to submitting the experience certification application, certified by the principal broker or broker in charge. Cite: Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 467-9.5(a)(4)(B)(iii).
Besides being of the age of majority and authorised to work in the United States, an applicant for a Hawaii real estate licensing examination must have:
- a.A high school diploma or its equivalent✓
- b.Two years of postsecondary coursework
- c.A bachelor's degree from an accredited college
- d.Five years of continuous Hawaii residency
No individual is eligible for the licensing examination unless the individual is a United States citizen, national, or alien authorised to work in the United States, is of the age of majority, has earned a high school diploma or its equivalent, and has completed the applicable prelicensing course. Cite: Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 467-9.5(a).
A Hawaii real estate broker's licence may not be issued to an individual who:
- a.Has not completed a post-licence education course
- b.Has been licensed in another state for less than two years
- c.Does not hold a current Hawaii real estate salesperson's licence✓
- d.Has not maintained a definite place of business in the State
No licence shall be issued to an individual applying for a real estate broker's licence who does not have a current Hawaii real estate salesperson's licence. Cite: Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 467-8(a)(6).
Under Hawaii law, a trade name may not be approved or issued with:
- a.A real estate broker's licence
- b.A real estate salesperson's licence✓
- c.A condominium hotel operator registration
- d.A registered real estate school certificate
No licence may be issued to a person with a trade name, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is not currently registered with the business registration division, and no real estate salesperson's licence shall be approved or issued with a trade name. Cite: Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 467-8(a)(7).
If a Hawaii candidate sits for the licensing examination without having satisfied the statutory prerequisites before the examination date, the result is that:
- a.The score stands, subject to the commission's later review
- b.The candidate may retake the examination in thirty days
- c.A fine is imposed
- d.The examination score is voided✓
Each individual must certify that the prerequisites have been or will be satisfied prior to the examination date, and the examination score of any individual who took the examination without having satisfied them shall be voided. Cite: Haw. Rev. Stat. Sec. 467-9.5(b).