A consumer files a signed, written complaint against a broker. Within how many days of receiving it does Commission staff send the complainant written notice of its evaluation?22 TAC 535.142
The Commission's Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee has nine members. How many of them must be actively licensed brokers with at least five years in brokerage practice?22 TAC 535.46
Rule 535.191 sets three ranges of administrative penalty per violation per day. Which range covers a violation of the trust money rule, 535.146?22 TAC 535.191
Licensing 4
A broker registers a team name for a group of sponsored agents. With which word must the name end?22 TAC 535.154
An applicant for a Texas broker license reports closed sales and leases on the experience form. How many points of qualifying practical experience are needed?22 TAC 535.56
The designated broker of a licensed corporation that sponsors sales agents dies. After how many days do the corporation's license and its agents' licenses go inactive, unless a new designated broker is named and approved?22 TAC 535.124
Under Rule 535.57, what passing score must a broker applicant attain in each portion of the licensing examination?22 TAC 535.57
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Standards of conduct 9
A license holder buys land through a company she partly owns. Above what ownership share does Rule 535.144 treat her as acting on her own behalf, so that she must disclose her license in writing?22 TAC 535.144
A sales agent's ad shows her phone number in large type. How large must the broker's name be in that ad?22 TAC 535.155
A seller has accepted an offer. When is the listing agent free of the duty to submit later offers to that seller?22 TAC 535.156
Besides linking it from each business website, how must a broker provide the Consumer Protection Notice?22 TAC 531.18
The parties have agreed in writing to no other time. By the close of business of which day after receiving trust money must a broker deposit it or deliver it to an escrow agent?22 TAC 535.146
Which act does Rule 535.146 treat as prima facie evidence that a broker commingled trust money?22 TAC 535.146
Which act does Rule 537.11 bar a license holder from doing as the practice of law?22 TAC 537.11
Which payment does Rule 535.148 bar a license holder from receiving?22 TAC 535.148
Which title, used by a sales agent in an advertisement, does Rule 535.155 treat as implying that the agent runs the brokerage?22 TAC 535.155
Agency and brokerage 10
A broker delegates supervision of a team to an experienced agent for a period expected to run six months. Within how many days must the broker give the supervisor's name to the Commission?22 TAC 535.2
A complaint names a sales agent but not the sponsoring broker. How does Rule 535.141 treat it?22 TAC 535.141
A letter from the Commission for a sponsored sales agent arrives at the sponsoring broker's office. Within how many calendar days must it be delivered to the agent?22 TAC 535.2
A license holder sends the completed Information About Brokerage Services notice by email. Where may the link to it not be placed?22 TAC 531.20
A new sales agent is about to perform a kind of brokerage activity for the first time. What must the broker's written policies require for the first three times?22 TAC 535.2
An owner's house is under an exclusive listing with another broker. What does Rule 535.153 say a license holder may still do?22 TAC 535.153
An unlicensed office assistant, identified to callers as clerical staff, works for a broker. Which task may the assistant do?22 TAC 535.5
For at least how long after closing must a broker keep a transaction's disclosures, offers and commission agreements readily available to the Commission?22 TAC 535.2
What must a broker give each sponsored sales agent in writing under Rule 535.2?22 TAC 535.2
When may a Texas broker take a net listing?22 TAC 535.16
Contracts 8
A brokerage reproduces a Commission contract form in its transaction software. Where may the brokerage's logo appear?22 TAC 537.11
A contract is signed before the seller hands over the section 5.008 disclosure notice. For how long after receiving the notice may the buyer terminate for any reason?Tex. Prop. Code 5.008
A landlord and a tenant agree by word of mouth on a lease of Texas real estate. Beyond what term is such a lease unenforceable without a signed writing?Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 26.01
A loan agreement is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed when the amount involved exceeds what?Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 26.02
In which transaction may a license holder use a contract form other than the Commission's mandatory form?22 TAC 537.11
Paragraph 11, Special Provisions, of the resale contract is meant for what?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 11
What must a license holder tell principals about an instrument they are about to sign?22 TAC 537.11
Which seller must give the buyer the seller's disclosure notice of Property Code section 5.008?Tex. Prop. Code 5.008
Special topics 6
A borrower is in default on a deed of trust on the borrower's residence. At least how many days must the borrower be given to cure before notice of a foreclosure sale can be given?Tex. Prop. Code 51.002
A deed is never recorded. As to which person is the conveyance void under Property Code section 13.001?Tex. Prop. Code 13.001
An unlicensed investor has a house under contract and offers to assign the contract to another buyer. What keeps this from being real estate brokerage under Rule 535.6?22 TAC 535.6
Before filing suit for damages under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, how much written notice must a consumer give the person to be sued?Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 17.505
How much land may an urban homestead include under Property Code section 41.002?Tex. Prop. Code 41.002
Property a spouse holds during marriage is presumed community property. What degree of proof shows that it is separate property?Tex. Fam. Code 3.003
Case studies 10
Case: A broker deposits a buyer's earnest money check in the trust account, and the bank it was drawn on dishonors it. What must the broker do?22 TAC 535.146
Case: An order will suspend a broker's license on the 20th of the month. By when must the broker tell her sponsored sales agents in writing?22 TAC 535.141
Case: Dana, a sales agent who leads a registered team, takes a listing and has the owner sign with the team as the listing party. What does Rule 535.2 require instead?22 TAC 535.2
Case: Devon, a sales agent, prepares and signs a comparative market analysis for a prospective seller. In whose name must he submit it?22 TAC 535.17
Case: Maria, a sales agent, represents a buyer and wants to give him part of her commission at closing. Whose written consent does Rule 535.147 require?22 TAC 535.147
Contract case: A resale contract on TREC No. 20-19 takes effect on Monday. Within how many days after the Effective Date must the buyer deliver the earnest money and option fee to the escrow agent?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 5A
Contract case: After closing, the seller stays in the house for a week with no written lease. What relationship does paragraph 10A say this creates?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 10A
Contract case: The buyer delivers one payment that is less than the earnest money and option fee together. To what does paragraph 5A have the escrow agent apply it first?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 5A
Contract case: The buyer gives notice of termination within the Option Period. What happens to the money under paragraph 5B?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 5B
Contract case: The contract has ended, the seller will not sign a release, and the buyer alone makes a written demand for the earnest money. If the seller does not object in writing, after how many days may the escrow agent pay the buyer?TREC No. 20-19, paragraph 18C
This unofficial practice for the Texas real estate broker exam has 50 of our own state law questions, from the Commission's rules, Texas statutes and the resale contract form. It is not affiliated with the Texas Real Estate Commission.
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Real estate broker exam, Texas state law part: the outline's counts
The Texas Broker State Law outline, effective April 15, 2020, has 50 scored items: Commission duties and powers 3, licensing 4, standards of conduct 9, agency and brokerage 10, contracts 8, special topics 6, case studies 10. This bank holds those counts.
Use it as a Texas real estate broker study guide
Each explanation names its rule, statute section or contract paragraph, so the questions you miss become a study guide for the Texas real estate broker's license, rule by rule: broker responsibility (535.2), trust money (535.146), team names (535.154), the forms (537.11).
Trust money is deposited by the close of business of the second working day after receipt (22 TAC 535.146).
A broker applicant shows 720 experience points and needs at least 75% on each exam portion (22 TAC 535.56, 535.57).
A team name ends in "team" or "group", and the broker registers it before it is used (22 TAC 535.154).
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the Texas real estate broker exam?
The Candidate Handbook of September 2026 lists 85 national items in 150 minutes and 60 state items in 90 minutes, pretest items included, 240 minutes in all. The state outline has 50 scored items, ten of them case studies.
What score passes the Texas broker exam?
The handbook asks a broker for 60 questions right on the national examination and 38 on the state examination. Rule 535.57 puts the mark at 75 percent in each portion. A failed portion is retaken alone.
What does a Texas broker license require?
Rule 535.56 asks for four years of active practice in the five before applying, 720 experience points, 270 hours of qualifying courses and 630 more hours of related education, including the six-hour Broker Responsibility Course.
Is this enough Texas real estate broker exam prep?
It covers the state law part only. No real exam question is here: each was written for this page, and each answer is checked against the rule, section or contract paragraph it cites. The national part is outside this page.