Louisiana Real Estate Practice Exam
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A Louisiana salesperson is arrested and charged in connection with a sale in which she acted as a licensee. Within how many days must she notify the commission?
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Louisiana real estate exam at a glance
| National questions | 80 scoredsource |
|---|---|
| State-law questions | 55 scoredsource |
| Passing score | 70%source |
| Time limit | 4 hourssource |
| Exam fee | $81.00 per attemptsource |
| Test provider | Pearson VUEsource |
| Pre-licence education | 90 hourssource |
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10 sample questions, with answers explained
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1. A Louisiana salesperson is arrested and charged in connection with a sale in which she acted as a licensee. Within how many days must she notify the commission?
Why: R.S. 37:1450(A) requires every licensee to notify the commission within 10 days, by registered or certified mail or hand delivery, of the institution of criminal prosecution by arrest or indictment involving a real estate transaction in which the licensee acted. The same 10-day rule covers final judgments in such transactions and felony convictions.
2. In a covered Louisiana residential sale, the seller plans to wait until closing to deliver the signed property disclosure. What is the ordinary delivery deadline?
Why: A Louisiana seller must deliver the signed disclosure document no later than when the purchaser makes an offer. The statutory timing allows the purchaser to receive the information at the offer stage.
3. A Louisiana reciprocal applicant holds a current resident-state license and formerly held a license elsewhere. What license history is required?
Why: Louisiana reciprocal applicants must submit official license history verification from the resident state and every other state where a license is or was held, covering prelicense education, testing and discipline. The application looks at historical as well as current licenses.
4. For a fee, an unlicensed business consultant in Louisiana agrees to list for sale a restaurant whose main asset is a long-term lease of its building. Which statement is correct?
Why: R.S. 37:1431(24)(h) defines real estate activity to include listing for sale any business whose assets include real estate or leases of real estate. Under R.S. 37:1436(D), a single act is enough to require a license, and R.S. 37:1445 bars an unlicensed person from suing to recover compensation for such services.
5. A new Louisiana salesperson goes inactive within 180 days of initial licensure. What happens to the 45-hour post-license requirement under the regulator's guidance?
Why: Louisiana licensees who transfer to inactive status within 180 days of initial licensure are not required to complete the 45-hour post-license requirement until they transfer to active status. Timely inactive placement postpones the requirement; it is not a lifetime waiver.
6. A Louisiana salesperson's license expired on December 31, 2025, and she never renewed it, on time or late. If she reapplies in October 2026, which statement is correct?
Why: Under R.S. 37:1442(B), a licensee who does not renew delinquently by December 31 forfeits renewal rights and must apply as an initial applicant. But if she reapplies on or before December 31 of the year after expiration (here, by December 31, 2026), she need not repeat the 90 prelicense hours or the 45 post-license hours.
7. Under R.S. 37:1467, what must a Louisiana licensee provide to the parties to a real estate transaction?
Why: R.S. 37:1467(A) requires licensees to give the parties an agency disclosure informational pamphlet and, where applicable, the dual agency disclosure form mandated by R.S. 9:3897; failing to do so is a ground for discipline under R.S. 37:1455(A)(21). The mold pamphlet under R.S. 37:1470 is optional: it "may be distributed."
8. A Louisiana salesperson receives a buyer's deposit check at an open house. What must she do with it?
Why: R.S. 37:1455(A)(17) makes it a ground for discipline when a salesperson fails to place deposit money in the custody of the licensed broker "as soon after receipt as practicable." Putting it in a personal account is commingling, defined in R.S. 37:1431(9) and itself a ground for discipline under R.S. 37:1455(A)(6).
9. A Louisiana possessor has occupied land for 10 years but lacks good faith and just title. Why is the 10-year acquisitive prescription route unavailable on those facts?
Why: La. Civil Code art. 3475: ten-year acquisitive prescription requires possession of ten years, good faith, just title, and a thing susceptible of acquisition by prescription. The 10-year period is one requirement, not the whole test.
10. Which applicant meets Louisiana's statutory age and education minimums for an individual salesperson license?
Why: R.S. 37:1437(C) bars issuing a broker or salesperson license to anyone under 18 or to anyone who is not a high school graduate or the holder of a certificate of high school equivalency. An 18-year-old with an equivalency certificate meets both minimums. Experience does not replace the education minimum, and completed coursework does not cure being 17.