A board member forfeits the seat after missing how many consecutive meetings without being excused?Real Property Law section 442-i
A broker member of the state real estate board must have been in the real estate business in New York for how long before appointment?Real Property Law section 442-i
A tenant relocator, as section 440 defines it, handles the relocation of tenants from buildings that are to be what?Real Property Law section 440
After a conviction under Article 12-A, how soon does the attorney general file a detailed report with the Department of State?Real Property Law section 442-e
At least how many members of the state real estate board must be real estate brokers?Real Property Law section 442-i
Besides the secretary of state and the superintendent of financial services, how many members sit on the state real estate board?Real Property Law section 442-i
Does collecting rent for another for a fee fall inside New York's definition of real estate broker?Real Property Law section 440
How far ahead of one of its public hearings must the board give notice in a local newspaper?Real Property Law section 442-i
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License law, continued
How is a Department of State decision to deny, revoke or suspend a real estate license reviewed in court?Real Property Law section 441-f
How long must an office manager have been active as a licensed associate broker before appointment?Real Property Law section 440
How many members of the state real estate board does the governor appoint?Real Property Law section 442-i
How many prohibited acts does it take to violate Article 12-A?Real Property Law section 442-e
How old must a person be to hold a New York real estate broker license?Real Property Law section 440-a
In a prosecution under section 442-e, when does the presumption that a person acted for a fee not arise?Real Property Law section 442-e
In which three places does the state real estate board hold a public hearing each year?Real Property Law section 442-i
Section 440-a bars a salesperson license to anyone who is not over what age?Real Property Law section 440-a
Section 440-a says no one may act as a real estate broker or salesperson in New York without first doing what?Real Property Law section 440-a
Section 442-f keeps the article from applying to receivers, referees, executors and others acting how?Real Property Law section 442-f
To whom does the state real estate board report each year on complaints and the status of cases?Real Property Law section 442-k
Under New York Real Property Law section 440, a real estate broker does the listed acts for another and for what?Real Property Law section 440
Under section 440-a, when may an applicant who has been convicted of a crime still be licensed?Real Property Law section 440-a
Under section 442-i, each appointed member of New York's board serves for what period?Real Property Law section 442-i
What do members of the state real estate board receive for serving?Real Property Law section 442-i
What does 'associated with' refer to wherever Article 12-A uses it?Real Property Law section 440
What duty of supervision does an office manager exercise over salespersons and associate brokers?Real Property Law section 440
What is an associate real estate broker in New York?Real Property Law section 440
What is the most time a person may serve on the state real estate board in a lifetime?Real Property Law section 442-i
What is true of the public members of the state real estate board?Real Property Law section 442-i
What kind of offense is a violation of any provision of Article 12-A?Real Property Law section 442-e
What must a plaintiff allege and prove to sue for a real estate commission in a New York court?Real Property Law section 442-d
Which business does section 440 count as real estate brokerage?Real Property Law section 440
Which group does section 440-a exempt when it manages residential property owned by New York City?Real Property Law section 440-a
Which loan negotiation is left out of the broker definition in section 440?Real Property Law section 440
Which of these does Article 12-A not apply to under the saving clause in section 442-f?Real Property Law section 442-f
Which provisions of Article 12-A govern an associate real estate broker?Real Property Law section 440
Which subject does section 442-k reserve to the secretary of state alone when it comes to making rules?Real Property Law section 442-k
Who has the power to enforce Article 12-A and to investigate violations on complaint or on their own initiative?Real Property Law section 442-e
Who is chairperson of the state real estate board?Real Property Law section 442-i
Who may be an office manager under section 440?Real Property Law section 440
Who prescribes the content of the courses of study for the examination and education of licensees?Real Property Law section 442-k
Who prosecutes criminal actions for violations of Article 12-A?Real Property Law section 442-e
Getting a license 36
A former licensee must qualify again by passing the written examination when no renewal was made within how long of the license's expiration?Real Property Law section 441
A member of a military household who moved to New York applies on an out-of-state license. Within how long of applying must that license have been current?Real Property Law section 442-g
A nonresident broker licensed in another state need not keep a New York place of business when that state does what?Real Property Law section 442-g
A salesperson's course hours may be credited toward the broker course when they were completed within how long of the broker application?Real Property Law section 441
After a sole-proprietor broker dies, for how long may the administrator or executor use the license to complete unfinished transactions?Real Property Law section 441-a
An application states the applicant's business or occupation for what period before the application date?Real Property Law section 441
Are the fees paid under section 441 refundable?Real Property Law section 441
For broker qualification, rule 175.21 says salesperson service means at least how many hours a week for 50 weeks a year?19 NYCRR 175.21
How is continuing education credit counted under section 441?Real Property Law section 441
How long is the term of a New York real estate license under section 441-a?Real Property Law section 441-a
How long must a broker applicant have taken part in the brokerage business as a licensed salesperson under a broker?Real Property Law section 441
How many hours of continuing education must a licensee have attended for a renewal?Real Property Law section 441
How many hours of real estate courses must a New York salesperson applicant have attended?Real Property Law section 441
In a salesperson's initial two-year license term, how many hours of agency related instruction must be completed?Real Property Law section 441
Instead of salesperson service, a broker applicant may show equivalent experience in general real estate business for at least how long?Real Property Law section 441
Of the continuing education hours, at least how many pertain to ethical business practices?Real Property Law section 441
Of the continuing education hours, at least how many pertain to fair housing?Real Property Law section 441
Of the continuing education hours, at least how many pertain to implicit bias awareness and understanding?Real Property Law section 441
Section 441 defines cultural competency as understanding what?Real Property Law section 441
Statements in a New York real estate license application are made under what?Real Property Law section 441
Under New York Real Property Law section 441-b, may an officer of a broker corporation be issued a salesperson license?Real Property Law section 441-b
Under New York section 441-b, what is applied for when a second officer of a licensed corporation wishes to act as a broker on its behalf?Real Property Law section 441-b
Under section 441, what is the minimum attendance at real estate courses for a New York broker license?Real Property Law section 441
What does a New York pocket card carry?Real Property Law section 441-a
What does section 441 call 'the attitudes or stereotypes that affect an individual's understanding, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner'?Real Property Law section 441
What is the fee for a real estate broker license under section 441-b, before the surcharge?Real Property Law section 441-b
What is the fee for a real estate salesperson license under section 441-b, before the surcharge?Real Property Law section 441-b
What is the fee for filing a record of association under section 441-a?Real Property Law section 441-a
What must every nonresident applicant file with a New York license application?Real Property Law section 442-g
When may the Department issue a temporary renewal license to someone whose proof of continuing education is not in?Real Property Law section 441
When must a licensee show the pocket card?Real Property Law section 441-a
Where does the surcharge on a New York real estate license fee go?Real Property Law section 441-b
Where is an application for a New York real estate license filed?Real Property Law section 441
Which of these is part of the competency a broker applicant must show under section 441?Real Property Law section 441
Who presents the legal subjects in continuing education courses under section 441?Real Property Law section 441
Who submits the records of a salesperson's listings and sales with an application for a broker's license?19 NYCRR 175.21
Broker duties 44
A broker knows an owner has a written exclusive contract with another broker. What does rule 175.8 bar?19 NYCRR 175.8
A broker may not accept the services of another broker's salesperson without what?19 NYCRR 175.13
A broker posts listings in the office window. Where does the fair housing notice of rule 175.29 go?19 NYCRR 175.29
A New York broker may not offer a property for sale or lease without what?19 NYCRR 175.10
A salesperson moves to a new broker. Under section 442-b, who notifies the Department of the change?Real Property Law section 442-b
A violation of section 442-l, on after-the-fact referral fees, also counts as what?Real Property Law section 442-l
After a broker alters the standardized operating procedures, how soon must the new ones be posted?Real Property Law section 442-h
Does telling a client about the Human Rights Law aloud satisfy rule 175.28?19 NYCRR 175.28
Does the fair housing disclosure notice of rule 175.28 apply to commercial property and vacant land?19 NYCRR 175.28
From whom may a New York salesperson receive compensation for brokerage work?Real Property Law section 442-a
How large must the sign outside a New York broker's place of business be?Real Property Law section 441-a
How long is a signed fair housing disclosure notice kept under rule 175.28?19 NYCRR 175.28
In an office or apartment building, where does a broker post the name and the words 'licensed real estate broker'?Real Property Law section 441-a
May a broker offer part of the commission to the buyer or seller in the same deal under section 442?Real Property Law section 442
May a New York broker pay part of a commission to someone in the brokerage business in another state?Real Property Law section 442
May a salesperson keep doing brokerage acts after the association with a broker has ended?Real Property Law section 442-b
May a salesperson own voting stock in the licensed brokerage corporation the salesperson is associated with?19 NYCRR 175.22
Rule 175.21 says a broker's supervision of a salesperson consists of what?19 NYCRR 175.21
Rule 175.9 bars a broker from inducing a party to a contract of sale or lease to do what?19 NYCRR 175.9
Section 442-l bars demanding a referral fee for finding a seller after what has happened?Real Property Law section 442-l
Under rule 175.29, what must every website kept by a broker, salesperson or team show on its homepage?19 NYCRR 175.29
What does a broker affirm to the Department at each license renewal under section 442-h?Real Property Law section 442-h
What does a New York broker need before relocating a principal office or a branch office?19 NYCRR 175.20
What does a New York broker need for each branch office?Real Property Law section 441-a
What does rule 175.27 say Part 175 does not indicate?19 NYCRR 175.27
What filing fee goes with a broker's notice of a change of principal business address?Real Property Law section 441-a
What happens when a licensee changes the principal business address without giving the Department the required notice?Real Property Law section 441-a
What must a broker do with the standardized operating procedures under section 442-h?Real Property Law section 442-h
What must a licensee have displayed at every open house under rule 175.29?19 NYCRR 175.29
What must a New York broker have and maintain under section 441-a?Real Property Law section 441-a
What must each New York broker institute for the prerequisites homebuyers meet before receiving services?Real Property Law section 442-h
When a salesperson's association ends, what happens to the listing information obtained during it?19 NYCRR 175.14
When a salesperson's association with a broker ends, what does the broker file under section 441-a?Real Property Law section 441-a
When can a salesperson's violation be cause to revoke or suspend the broker's own license?Real Property Law section 442-c
When may a broker pay part of a commission to an unlicensed corporation or limited liability company?Real Property Law section 442
When may a New York broker be paid by more than one party to a transaction?19 NYCRR 175.7
When may an after-the-fact referral fee still be demanded under section 442-l?Real Property Law section 442-l
When must a broker deliver a copy of an instrument to a party who signs it?19 NYCRR 175.12
When must a licensee give a prospective buyer, tenant, seller or landlord the fair housing disclosure notice of rule 175.28?19 NYCRR 175.28
Where is a New York broker's license displayed?Real Property Law section 441-a
Where must a broker display the Department's notice on the Human Rights Law and housing?19 NYCRR 175.29
Which item must a broker's standardized operating procedures address under section 442-h?Real Property Law section 442-h
Who alone may own, maintain and operate a branch office under rule 175.20?19 NYCRR 175.20
With whom may a New York broker share a commission for help in a sale under section 442?Real Property Law section 442
Deposits and records 13
A broker manages property for a client. When may the broker accept a rebate or profit on expenditures made for the client?19 NYCRR 175.3
A broker was never given a copy of a document that rule 175.23 lists. Has the broker violated the rule?19 NYCRR 175.23
How long does rule 175.23 have a broker keep records of each home sale effected through the office?19 NYCRR 175.23
If the broker bought the home for resale, what must the records under rule 175.23 show?19 NYCRR 175.23
In what kind of depository may a New York broker place a principal's money?19 NYCRR 175.1
Rule 175.1 bars a New York broker from commingling a principal's money or property with what?19 NYCRR 175.1
Until a principal's money reaches the special account, how must the broker hold it under rule 175.1?19 NYCRR 175.1
What does rule 175.2 require of a broker who has collected money for a client?19 NYCRR 175.2
When may interest earned on a principal's deposit be applied to the broker's earned commission?19 NYCRR 175.1
Which item is among the records rule 175.23 lists for each sale?19 NYCRR 175.23
Which law does rule 175.3 point to for handling money a tenant furnished as security?19 NYCRR 175.3
Which sales does the record-keeping duty of rule 175.23 cover?19 NYCRR 175.23
Within how long must a New York broker deposit a principal's money into the separate, special bank account?19 NYCRR 175.1
Agency and listings 31
A broker buys property for a client, and the broker has an ownership interest in that property. What does rule 175.5 require first?19 NYCRR 175.5
A buyer refuses to sign the acknowledgment of the section 443 form. What does the agent do?Real Property Law section 443
A buyer wants to know about a fact that section 443-a covers. What may the buyer do?Real Property Law section 443-a
According to the section 443 form, who has liability for the acts of a broker's agent?Real Property Law section 443
The agency disclosure form of Real Property Law section 443 applies to which transactions?Real Property Law section 443
As rule 175.24 explains an exclusive right to sell, what follows when the owner personally finds the buyer?19 NYCRR 175.24
Before a broker sells property in which the broker owns an interest, what does rule 175.6 require?19 NYCRR 175.6
Before buying property that is listed with the broker's own office, what must a New York broker do?19 NYCRR 175.4
By consenting to dual agency, the section 443 form says buyer and seller give up their right to what?Real Property Law section 443
The explanation of exclusive listing types that rule 175.24 requires must be printed in type of at least what size?19 NYCRR 175.24
For how long does an agent keep a copy of the signed acknowledgment of the section 443 form?Real Property Law section 443
How does rule 175.19 describe a net listing?19 NYCRR 175.19
How does section 443-a treat a local law that is inconsistent with it?Real Property Law section 443-a
How may a seller give advance informed consent to dual agency under section 443?Real Property Law section 443
In dealings with the buyer, what does the section 443 form say a seller's agent should disclose?Real Property Law section 443
In rule 175.24's wording for an exclusive agency listing, what does the homeowner who finds a buyer owe the broker?19 NYCRR 175.24
May a New York broker enter into a net listing contract under rule 175.19?19 NYCRR 175.19
May a New York licensee be disciplined for not telling a buyer a fact that section 443-a lists?Real Property Law section 443-a
The section 443 form says a New York broker may represent both the buyer and the seller when both give what?Real Property Law section 443
Under section 443-a, is it a material defect or fact that a property was the site of a homicide or suicide?Real Property Law section 443-a
What does section 443 say about the common law of agency?Real Property Law section 443
What does the heading of the section 443 disclosure form say about the form itself?Real Property Law section 443
What is a dual agent under section 443?Real Property Law section 443
What may an exclusive listing not contain under rule 175.15?19 NYCRR 175.15
When does a listing agent give the section 443 disclosure form to a seller or landlord?Real Property Law section 443
When does a seller's agent give the section 443 disclosure form to a buyer?Real Property Law section 443
Which is among the fiduciary duties the section 443 form lists for a seller's agent?Real Property Law section 443
Which is true of a broker's agent under section 443?Real Property Law section 443
Which property falls outside section 443's definition of residential real property?Real Property Law section 443
Who is a designated sales agent under section 443?Real Property Law section 443
Who signs or initials the explanation of listing types under rule 175.24?19 NYCRR 175.24
Promotion and names 21
A broker works from an apartment where the building's rules do not permit signs in the lobby. Where does the business sign go?19 NYCRR 175.26
An ad for a team names people who hold no license. What must the ad do?19 NYCRR 175.25
An ad names a salesperson or a team. What else must be printed in it under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
In an ad for another broker's exclusive listing, what must appear right after a phrase such as 'Listing Courtesy of'?19 NYCRR 175.25
May a licensee abbreviate the type of license held in an ad?19 NYCRR 175.25
May a licensee use a nickname in an ad under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
May a salesperson or team create and keep its own website under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
May a team name include the name of a person who holds no license?19 NYCRR 175.25
Rule 175.18 bars a trade or corporate name so similar to another licensed broker's that what will result?19 NYCRR 175.18
Under rule 175.25, a team is two or more persons, at least one of whom is what?19 NYCRR 175.25
Under rule 175.25, what must the homepage of a salesperson's or team's website link to?19 NYCRR 175.25
What must a for-sale sign placed on a broker-listed property identify?19 NYCRR 175.25
What must a New York licensee's business card contain under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
When may a New York broker place a sign on a property?19 NYCRR 175.11
When may a New York licensee refer in an ad to a property under another broker's exclusive listing?19 NYCRR 175.25
When may a residence serve as a licensee's office under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
When may a salesperson or team place an ad for a property under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
When may photographs of a property posted on a broker's website be used or reproduced?19 NYCRR 175.25
Which e-mail to a client or potential client must carry the information the rules require?19 NYCRR 175.25
Which title does rule 175.25 prohibit in an ad?19 NYCRR 175.25
Which word must a team name use under rule 175.25?19 NYCRR 175.25
Discipline 32
A broker has a salesperson associated with the firm who has not secured the required license. What is the broker guilty of?Real Property Law section 442-c
A licensee is sentenced for a felony. Within how long must the licensee send a certified copy of the judgment of conviction to the Department of State?Real Property Law section 441-a
A proposed denial becomes final when the applicant makes no written request for a hearing within how long of receiving the notification?Real Property Law section 441-e
A salesperson is charged by the Department. Whom else does the Department notify of the charges?Real Property Law section 441-e
After a broker's license is revoked or suspended, what does section 441-c prohibit by name?Real Property Law section 441-c
After a revocation, for how long is a person ineligible to be relicensed as a broker or salesperson?Real Property Law section 441-c
After notice of a revocation or suspension, within how long must licenses and pocket cards be returned to the Department of State?Real Property Law section 441-c
An offender took a commission through a violation of Article 12-A. Up to how much may the person aggrieved recover as a penalty?Real Property Law section 442-e
An owner gives a broker written notice that the owner does not wish to sell, lease or list. Whom does that notice bind under rule 175.17?19 NYCRR 175.17
At a Department hearing on a licensee's child support arrears, what is the only issue to be determined?Real Property Law section 441-c
Before a hearing to revoke or suspend a license, how far ahead must the Department give written notice of the charges?Real Property Law section 441-e
Before finally denying a license application, what must the Department of State do?Real Property Law section 441-e
For a broker in the business of a tenant relocator, what does section 441-c count as untrustworthiness or incompetency?Real Property Law section 441-c
For how long at most may a nonsolicitation order be effective before it is re-adopted?Real Property Law section 442-h
How is a determination to revoke or suspend a license served on the broker or salesperson?Real Property Law section 441-c
How long does an owner have to perfect a complaint about a violation of a cease and desist rule?Real Property Law section 442-h
How often is each cease and desist list revised and reprinted under section 442-h?Real Property Law section 442-h
In a cease and desist zone, what may the owner of a home file with the secretary of state?Real Property Law section 442-h
Rule 175.17 bars inducing an owner to sell or list by making representations about what?19 NYCRR 175.17
Section 441-c lets the Department discipline a licensee who has demonstrated what?Real Property Law section 441-c
Section 441-c of New York's Real Property Law lets the Department fine, suspend or revoke for which of these?Real Property Law section 441-c
Under Real Property Law section 441-e, may the Department suspend a New York real estate license while a hearing is still pending?Real Property Law section 441-e
Under rule 175.17, a finding that a licensee committed an unlawful discriminatory practice is presumptive evidence of what?19 NYCRR 175.17
Under section 441-d, a broker's revocation or suspension has what effect on the licenses of the associated salespersons?Real Property Law section 441-d
What does a broker need to open a new office inside an area that is under a nonsolicitation order?Real Property Law section 442-h
What does a nonsolicitation order under section 442-h direct brokers and salespersons to do?Real Property Law section 442-h
What happens to owner's statements when the rule that set up a cease and desist zone expires or is repealed?Real Property Law section 442-h
What is the largest fine for a first violation of section 442-h by a person who holds no license?Real Property Law section 442-e
What is the largest fine for a third violation of section 442-h by a person who holds no license?Real Property Law section 442-e
What is the largest fine the Department of State may impose under section 441-c in place of revoking or suspending a license?Real Property Law section 441-c
What share of the fine money collected under section 441-c is payable to the anti-discrimination in housing fund?Real Property Law section 441-c
Which owners may a broker not solicit for a listing in a cease and desist zone?Real Property Law section 442-h
How this list was compiled: Written from New York Real Property Law Article 12-A, sections 440 to 443-a, and from the Department of State's rules in 19 NYCRR Part 175, both read 2026-10-04. The statute was read at https://newyork.public.law/, a republisher that names the Legislature's page https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/RPP/ as its source for each section; the rules were read at Cornell's Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-york. Both were then compared with the Department of State's own booklet, Real Estate License Law (March 2026), reached from https://dos.ny.gov/real-estate-license-law-3. Each question links to the page its section was read on. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute and rule text; nothing is copied from another practice test, a prep book or the state exam. Short quotations from the statutes are marked.
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A principal's money goes into the separate, special bank account within three business days (19 NYCRR 175.1).
Broker applicants attend at least 152 hours of courses; salesperson applicants attend at least 77 (section 441).
A seller's agent gives a buyer the agency disclosure form at the first substantive contact (section 443).
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The law is the same for an NYC real estate test as for the rest of the state: Article 12-A is a state law, and the Department of State issues the license. This bank holds nothing about test sites or schedules.
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Math, national real estate principles, the Human Rights Law in Executive Law section 296 and 19 NYCRR Parts 176 and 177, which were not read for this bank. For what the exam itself covers, see the Department of State's own website.