After a hearing, the Commission finds a violation of the license law. What is the largest fine it may assess for each violation?32 M.R.S. §13068(2)
Where is a license revocation ordered by the Commission reviewed?32 M.R.S. §13068(3)
Laws and rules governing licensees 15
A licensed auctioneer is hired to call bids at a real estate auction. When does the brokerage law leave this alone?32 M.R.S. §13002(3)
A licensee acting as a transaction broker hands a buyer comparable market data so the buyer can decide what to offer. How do the rules treat this?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 3
A listing protects the agency's fee for sales made after the agreement expires. How long may that protection last?32 M.R.S. §13177-A(2)
A second buyer asks the listing licensee what the first buyer offered. The first offer is still open. May the licensee say?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 12
A seller hands over the property disclosure statement after the buyer has already made an offer. How long does the buyer have to withdraw the offer or terminate the contract without penalty?33 M.R.S. §174
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Laws and rules governing licensees, continued
A seller wants $300,000 clear and offers the agency all money above that as its commission. What do the Commission's rules say?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 4
For how long after a sales agent joins an agency must the designated broker review and initial the contracts, disclosure forms and market analyses the agent prepares?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 400, Section 2
For how long is a Maine sales agent license issued, and may it be renewed?32 M.R.S. §13200(4)
For the flood risk disclosure, what is an area of special flood hazard?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 19
How many paid transactions for another person does it take to be engaged in real estate brokerage in Maine?32 M.R.S. §13001(2)
How much of an agency's own money may be kept in a real estate trust account to maintain it?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 400, Section 3
The seller cannot say when the private well was last tested. What does the listing licensee do about that item?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 15
What experience must an applicant for an associate broker license have?32 M.R.S. §13199(2-A)
What must every real estate brokerage advertisement contain?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 1
With nothing different in the purchase and sale agreement, within how long after an offer is accepted must its earnest money be deposited in the trust account?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 400, Section 3
Law of agency and brokerage 10
A brokerage agreement has ended. Which duties does the agency still owe its former client?32 M.R.S. §13281(2)
A licensee with an active license makes an offer to buy a house listed by her own agency. What must she disclose, and where?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 2
An agency appoints one affiliated licensee to the seller and a different one to the buyer. Is the agency a dual agent?32 M.R.S. §13278(2)
An agency provides brokerage services to a buyer with no written brokerage agreement. What is the agency presumed to be?32 M.R.S. §13282
How is client representation created in Maine?32 M.R.S. §13282
When may an agency act as a disclosed dual agent?32 M.R.S. §13275(1)
When must a licensee give a prospective buyer of a single-family home the Real Estate Brokerage Relationships Form?02-039 C.M.R. Chapter 410, Section 9
Which defects must a seller agent disclose to a prospective buyer?32 M.R.S. §13273(2)(A)
Which fact may a disclosed dual agent NOT pass from one client to the other?32 M.R.S. §13275
Which of these may a transaction broker NOT do?32 M.R.S. §13283(3)
Maine-specific principles and practices 8
A deed conveys land to two buyers and says nothing about how they hold it. What estate does Maine law create?33 M.R.S. §159
A deed is never recorded. Against whom is the conveyance still effectual?33 M.R.S. §201
A house sells for $300,000. What is the rate of Maine's real estate transfer tax on the deed, and who pays it?36 M.R.S. §4641-A
A nonresident sells Maine land for $400,000 and no exception applies. How much must the buyer withhold for the State Tax Assessor?36 M.R.S. §5250-A
A tenant at will moves out. Within how long must the landlord return the security deposit or send a written statement itemizing what is kept?14 M.R.S. §6033(2)
A unit owner is reselling a condominium unit. Within how long after the owner's request must the association furnish the resale certificate?33 M.R.S. §1604-108
Under 14 M.R.S. §801, within how many years must an owner bring an action to recover land held by another?14 M.R.S. §801
What is the largest security deposit a Maine lease for a dwelling may require?14 M.R.S. §6032
Maine land-use law 5
An underground oil storage facility sits on land that is about to be sold. What must the owner do before the sale?38 M.R.S. §563(6)
How far from the normal high-water line of a great pond, river or saltwater body does the shoreland area reach?38 M.R.S. §435
Under Maine's municipal subdivision law, dividing a parcel into how many lots within five years is a subdivision?30-A M.R.S. §4401(4)
Under the Site Location of Development law, a development that occupies more than how much land or water is one of state or regional significance?38 M.R.S. §482(2)
What is the smallest lot on which a single-family home may dispose of its waste by subsurface waste disposal?12 M.R.S. §4807-A
After The Sales Agent Course: an unofficial Maine real estate education practice test with 40 of our own questions on the Maine law part of the sales agent exam. This site is not affiliated with the Maine Real Estate Commission.
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Real estate education practice tests: Maine law by section
The Maine Real Estate Law Examinations Content Outline, effective September 1, 2026, in the Commission's candidate handbook, gives the sales agent law portion 40 scored questions: the Maine Real Estate Commission 2, laws and rules governing licensees 15, law of agency and brokerage 10, Maine-specific principles and practices 8, and Maine land-use law 5. This bank holds exactly those counts.
A practice test for the Maine real estate law test
The separate Maine Law exam, for licensees of other jurisdictions and for brokers and associate brokers whose license expired more than 90 days ago, draws 50 scored questions from the same five sections: 2, 18, 12, 13 and 5. Each explanation here names its section of the Maine Revised Statutes or of Commission rules Chapter 400 or 410.
A sales agent license lasts 2 years and may not be renewed (32 M.R.S. §13200).
An agency with no written brokerage agreement is presumed to be a transaction broker (32 M.R.S. §13282).
Earnest money goes into the trust account within five business days of acceptance, unless the agreement says otherwise (Commission rules Chapter 400).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Maine real estate sales agent exam?
The candidate handbook gives the general portion 80 scored questions in 2.5 hours and the Maine Law portion 40 scored questions in 1.5 hours. Unscored pretest questions are added: 5 on the general portion and 5 to 15 on Maine law.
What is the passing score on the Maine real estate exam?
A scaled score of 75, by the handbook. It is reported on a scale of 0 to 100 and should not be read as how many questions, or what percentage, were answered correctly. Both parts must be passed in the year after the course is completed.
What is a sales agent license in Maine?
The entry-level license. A sales agent works for an agency in a training capacity and performs the brokerage services its designated broker authorizes (32 M.R.S. §13200). After two years, and a further course, the agent may apply for the associate broker license (§13199).
Are these the real Maine real estate exam questions?
No. Each one was written for this page from the Maine Revised Statutes and the Commission's rules, and the exam itself has not been seen here. No licensed Maine broker or attorney has checked the answers yet.