Start here guides
Use these pages when the candidate needs the full California licensing path or a first checklist.
Courses and schools guides
Course-selection pages for the 135-hour education gate and requirements-focused school evaluation.
Application, records, and status guides
Pages for eLicensing, Live Scan, application review, DRE lookup, and background-status questions.
Exam preparation guides
Pages for the California-only salesperson examination, testing logistics, practice, and math.
Renewal and license status guides
Pages for current licensees dealing with renewal, CE, inactive, and expired license questions.
Broker, advanced, and special paths guides
Pages for broker licensing, salesperson role questions, nonresident applicants, and adjacent practice areas.
Local market pages guides
Statewide license rules with local-market context for major California regions.
Get the California licensing roadmap
Use the roadmap to keep the 135-hour education gate, DRE application, Live Scan, exam prep, license lookup, renewal, and broker-association steps in order.
California guide library FAQ
Use this page when the top navigation is too compact for the full California page set.
California licensing has separate gates for education, application review, Live Scan, exam eligibility, license lookup, renewal, and broker supervision. A compact top navigation cannot show every useful page without becoming difficult to use.
Start with the license hub or requirements page. Then move to course selection, application, Live Scan, exam, cost, and broker pages based on the current bottleneck.
Use the California license lookup page for DRE public-search context, license status, broker association, expiration, and verification questions. Application status and public license lookup are related but not identical tasks.