Texas Real Estate Agent License Lookup

Use TREC’s License Holder Search. The Name or License Number field accepts organization names and individual names; enter an individual as last name, first name, then middle name. Text fields accept partial values. Select Broker or Sales Agent for a real estate agent search: the same form also includes appraisers, inspectors, easement and right-of-way agents, appraisal management companies and education providers. The separate License Status filter offers All, Active, Inactive, Un-Sponsored, Expired, Suspended, Surrendered and Revoked. Use the credential type and status filters deliberately, since the search serves several different professions and credential conditions.

TREC’s FAQ describes opening the license holder’s name from the search results to reach the individual result box. A Disciplinary Search line below that result links to disciplinary actions against the license holder. Use that link when checking the Commission’s disciplinary history. The FAQ directs users to start with the name search and then select the relevant license holder, rather than treating the initial list of names as the disciplinary record.

TREC’s Certificate of Active Licensure or Sponsorship History form distinguishes three records. It says a Certificate of License History is available online for all TREC licenses and registrations expired less than four years. The form itself requests either an Active and Inactive License History, which lists those periods for the specified license, a Sponsorship History listing the brokers who sponsored that license holder, or both. Provide the requester’s name and telephone number, and identify the person or entity by name, license type and license number. Mark which certificate you need and your delivery preference: mail, fax or email. Type the information or print it in ink, then submit the form to documents@trec.texas.gov. Select the requested record carefully: a list of sponsoring brokers and a chronology of active/inactive periods answer different questions.

A payment or commission received while a license is inactive or expired does not by itself establish when the underlying brokerage work occurred. TREC’s FAQ says a license holder may receive compensation in that situation if the license was active when the brokerage activity, transaction negotiation or referral took place. For a sales agent, compensation may come through the current sponsoring broker or the broker who sponsored the agent when the right to compensation was earned. This makes the date of the activity important when comparing a payment with today’s public status. To check disciplinary actions, the FAQ directs you to open the license holder’s individual search result and use the Disciplinary Search link below the result box.

TREC says Texas has no license reciprocity with other states: applicants must satisfy current Texas licensing requirements. A separate examination exemption may be available for the National portion if you hold an active license in a state that participates in ARELLO’s National exam accreditation. Submit a license history from the state where you are licensed with your Texas application so TREC can determine whether the exemption applies. Treat that as a possible exemption from part of the examination, not a Texas license or a general reciprocity agreement. Both the Texas State and National examination sections must be passed before the application expires unless an applicable exemption has been established.