Arkansas Real Estate License Requirements

Sales Associate License Requirements
Have reached the age of 18
Successfully complete 60 hours of real estate education
Pass the licensure examination
Send the proper forms and fees to the Arkansas Real Estate Commission no later than 90 days after passing the examination.

Sales Associate Post Licensing
18 hour post licensing salesperson course must be taken within the first year of licensure (not available online)

Broker License Requirements
Have been licensed as an active real estate salesperson or broker for a period of not less than 24 months within the previous 48 month period immediately preceding the date of application. 
however, upon written request such experience requirement may be waived for a real estate broker applicant who has held an active real estate broker license for a period of not less than 18 months; (if experience requirement was met in another jurisdiction, please furnish an official license history from that jurisdiction)
or has experience acceptable to the commission in a field considered real estate related for a period of not less than 24 months within the previous 48 month period immediately preceding the date of application (must submit a written history of experience for review by commission) [ACA Sect. 17-42-303 and Commission Regulation 4.1] 
Pass the licensure examination
Send the proper forms and fees to the Arkansas Real Estate Commission no later than 90 days after passing the examination.

Broker Post Licensing
 A 30 hour broker post licensing course must be taken within the first year of licensure (not available online)

Continuing Education 
6 hours of continuing education must be taken by the standard renewal date of 9/30 every year.
Proper forms and fees. 
Send the proper forms and fees to the Arkansas Real Estate Commission no later than 90 days after passing the examination. 

 An applicant currently licensed in another state and seeking licensure in Arkansas at the same level, may request a waiver of the GENERAL portion of the examination. An applicant who meets all 3 of the following requirements may be required to take only the Arkansas Law Portion of the Examination.
Has passed a uniform, general, or multi-state part of an examination for a real estate license in another state in which the examination is determined by the Commission to meet generally acceptable standards of real estate testing 
The other state requires a minimum passing grade no lower than that required for the general part of the Arkansas examination (70) 
The applicant at the time of taking the Arkansas examination is licensed in the other state. [Commission Regulation 4.2 (d)]