Virginia Real Estate Salesperson Exam Exam Guide

Virginia requires 60 hours of prelicense education and tests both a state and a national portion. Exams are offered daily, so scheduling is rarely the bottleneck.

The application sequence carries the real deadlines. Your application must be submitted within 45 days of fingerprinting, and the background check itself is valid for 45 days. Processing then takes around 2 weeks. A passing exam score is valid for 1 year — shorter than most states — so the window between passing and applying is narrower than candidates expect.

Once licensed, the term runs 2 years, with 30 hours of post-license education due within 1 year and 16 hours of continuing education thereafter.

The Virginia exam fee is $60 per sitting, covering the state and national portions. That is modest relative to the education and application costs that surround it.

The costs that catch people out in Virginia are not the fees but the deadlines attached to them. Fingerprinting must be followed by an application within 45 days, and the background check expires after 45 days, so a delayed application means paying for the background work again.

Both a state and a national portion are required, and exams run daily. A passing score stays valid for 1 year, which is the shortest window among the states covered here and the figure most worth writing down.

The post-exam sequence is where Virginia is strict. The application must follow fingerprinting within 45 days, the background check is valid for 45 days, and processing takes roughly 2 weeks. Those three windows overlap, so a candidate who passes and then waits a month before applying can find the background work expired before the application is processed.

Prelicense education is 60 hours, delivered across 9 courses; post-license education is 30 hours within 1 year, and continuing education runs 16 hours per cycle.