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

What's different between Mississippi and Utah

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

Route, each way

Mississippi to Utah (this page): Reciprocity agreement.

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

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

Does coming from Mississippi matter?

Coming from Mississippi matters here: only 2 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Utah.

The others get: licensure by endorsement (48).

Reciprocity agreements

Utah's reciprocity agreement list names 2 states (Georgia and Mississippi), including Mississippi.

Mississippi's row names no reciprocity agreement states.

Application fee

Utah lists $157 for an out-of-state applicant and Mississippi lists $100 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.

Pre-license education

Utah's first-time-applicant standard is 120 hours of pre-license education; Mississippi's is 60.

Utah's is 60 education hours higher than Mississippi's.

Exam rules on record

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

• Utah (this move): Reciprocity applicants currently licensed in Georgia, Mississippi, or Alberta (Canada) are granted the equivalent Utah license without completing Utah's 120-hour pre-license education or the Utah Sales Agent exam; applicants from every other state must complete the full 120 hours and pass the Utah Sales Agent exam like a new applicant
• 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 → Utah

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

Step by step

1. Confirm Utah's current requirements on the Utah Division of Real Estate (Utah Department of Commerce) website (linked below) — rules change.
2. Submit the reciprocity application to the Utah Division of Real Estate (Utah Department of Commerce) (application linked below).
3. Arrange license verification from your current state.
4. Be at least 18 years old and hold a high school diploma or equivalent.
5. Reciprocity applicants (GA, MS, Alberta): submit the notarized Real Estate Reciprocity Application with certified license histories from each jurisdiction.
6. Provide two blue FD-258 fingerprint cards, a fingerprint waiver, and Social Security verification; pass a BCI/FBI background check.
7. Submit a Certification of Legal Presence.
8. Non-residents appoint the Director of the Division of Real Estate as agent for service of process (Utah Code Ann. 61-2).
9. Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.

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