REAL ESTATE SC
South Carolina Real Estate Licensing and Continuing Education
South Carolina Steps to Real Estate Licensing
Learn what it takes to get your license in South Carolina.
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Review South Carolina's state requirements to understand what is needed for licensing and continuing education.
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South Carolina Real Estate Licensing Information, Reciprocity, and Portability
- Average time to complete licensing education: 3.7 months
- State governing body: South Carolina Real Estate Commission
Reciprocity: South Carolina offers full reciprocity with Georgia and partial reciprocity with North Carolina
- Steps to Real Estate License Reciprocity in South Carolina
- North Carolina
- Pass the South Carolina law portion of the exam
- Provide certification of licensure
- Complete Unit IIIA Broker Management and IIIB Brokerage Principles
- Georgia
- Statement from Georgia that the real estate license is in good standing
- Submit completed application
- Affiliate with a South Carolina broker in charge
- North Carolina
Military Portability
- State agencies will issue temporary licenses to military spouses in good standing from another state, subject to a criminal record check if required
- Temporary licenses expire after 1 year and are non-renewable
- Full licenses will be issued within 15 days for military spouses with substantially equivalent qualifications
- This does not apply to attorneys or educators, with special rules for military spouse attorneys