Real Estate License from Mississippi to Louisiana: Does It Transfer? (2026)

What's different between Mississippi and Louisiana

Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Louisiana. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.

Route, each way

Mississippi to Louisiana (this page): Reciprocity agreement.

Louisiana to Mississippi (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.

The two directions differ: Mississippi and Louisiana do not give each other's licensees the same route.

Does coming from Mississippi matter?

Coming from Mississippi matters here: only 9 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Louisiana.

The others get: licensure by endorsement (41).

Reciprocity agreements

Louisiana's reciprocity agreement list names 9 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania), including Mississippi.

Mississippi's row names no reciprocity agreement states.

Application fee

Louisiana lists $90 for an out-of-state applicant and Mississippi lists $100 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.

Pre-license education

Louisiana's first-time-applicant standard is 90 hours of pre-license education; Mississippi's is 60.

Louisiana's is 30 education hours higher than Mississippi's.

Exam rules on record

Louisiana and Mississippi carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.

• Louisiana (this move): Reciprocal applicants take NO Louisiana examination (neither the national nor the state portion) and complete no pre-license course; the license is granted on a license-for-license basis (you may obtain only the same license type held in your resident state). Applicants who do not qualify for reciprocity or the Welcome Home Act endorsement must complete an education and/or examination review — LREC may accept an equivalent out-of-state exam passed within the last five years and may grant partial pre-license education credit.
• Mississippi (the reverse move): The Commission may exempt an out-of-state licensee from the Mississippi salesperson examination in whole or in part, but ONLY where the exam given in the other state is determined to be equivalent AND that state extends the same privilege to Mississippi licensees (Miss. Code 73-35-13(6)). Absent that mutual, equivalent arrangement, a nonresident applicant must otherwise qualify in all respects as a resident applicant, including sitting for the Mississippi salesperson examination (73-35-8(5)); the same mutual/equivalency test governs any waiver of the 60-hour prelicense education (73-35-13(6) and 73-35-7).

What changes, Mississippi → Louisiana

The destination column is what you must satisfy — Louisiana sets the rules for this move.

Step by step

1. Confirm Louisiana's current requirements on the Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) website (linked below) — rules change.
2. Submit the reciprocity application to the Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) (application linked below).
3. Arrange license verification from your current state.
4. Be a current legal resident of one of the nine reciprocal states and hold an active license of the same type there (license-for-license).
5. Order a Certified License History from your resident state and every other state where you hold or have held a real estate license, showing active/inactive status.
6. Maintain legal residency in your reciprocal state and renew the Louisiana reciprocal license annually (renewing the resident-state license does not renew the Louisiana license).
7. Provide proof of errors and omissions (E&O) insurance coverage.
8. Complete a fingerprint-based criminal history review as directed by LREC.
9. Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.

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