Pass Your Louisiana Real Estate Exam the First Time

Louisiana is the ONLY state using Napoleonic Code instead of common law - expect unique terms like 'usufruct' and 'forced heirship' on your exam! Understanding community property and succession laws is essential. Flood zone disclosures are also heavily tested.

Questions

135

80 NAT / 55 STATE

To Pass

70%

~95 / 135 TO PASS

Time Limit

4 Hrs

240 TOTAL MINUTES

Provider

Pearson VUE

LREC

Pass your Louisiana Salesperson or Broker License

Louisiana is the only state in the country operating under Civil Law, and the exam tests terminology that does not exist anywhere else in U.S. real estate.

AI models are trained on content from 49 states that all use common law. The Louisiana specific terminology, property rights structure, and buyer remedies found in the Civil Code are simply not part of that training set. Candidates who prepare with national platforms are learning answers for a legal system that does not apply in Louisiana.

The License Professor is written by licensed Louisiana professionals who know what the Pearson VUE state portion actually tests. Every question on Louisiana Civil Code terminology, community property structure, and buyer remedy rules is drawn from Louisiana statute.

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Three Topics that Trip Up Louisiana Students Most

Napoleonic/Civil Law Basics

Louisiana is the only U.S. state operating under civil law derived from the Napoleonic Code — the exam uses unique terminology like "immovables" instead of "real property" and "mandatary" instead of "agent," blindsiding candidates trained on common-law concepts.

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Redhibition (Defects)

Louisiana’s doctrine of redhibition gives buyers the right to rescind a sale or demand a price reduction when a property has hidden defects — the exam tests the difference between redhibitory and patent defects and specific filing timeframes found nowhere else in U.S. law.

Community Property

Each spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in community property, and both must concur to sell regardless of whose name is on the title — the exam tests that title alone does not determine whether property is community or separate.

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Louisiana Real Estate Practice Questions

Sample questions from the Louisiana real estate exam — with answers and explanations.

1. Under fair housing law, how must a landlord respond to a tenant's service dog in a no-pets policy situation?

  1. A.Charge an additional pet deposit
  2. B.Require proof of the dog's training cost
  3. C.Deny the request; policy applies equally
  4. D.Grant reasonable accommodation unless undue financial burden exists
Explanation: Service animals are not pets under fair housing law and qualify as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Landlords must allow them unless granting the accommodation creates undue financial or administrative burden.

2. A Louisiana real estate broker's license could be revoked or suspended by the state Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) for any reason EXCEPT:

  1. A.Knowingly made a false representation to a party in a real estate transaction.
  2. B.Procured a license, registration, or certificate by fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit.
  3. C.Acted for more than one party to a transaction without the written acknowledgment of all parties.
  4. D.Two reliable witnesses have given sworn testimony that the broker is mentally ill.
Explanation: Under La. R.S. 37:1455, LREC's roughly 36 enumerated grounds include knowingly making a false representation, procuring a license by fraud, and undisclosed dual agency. There is no standalone "failure to supervise" or "negligence/incompetence" ground, and no mental-illness-by-witness-testimony provision anywhere in the statute.

3. A broker may enter a listing into a Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The data provided may include all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. A.The square footage of the property.
  2. B.The legal description.
  3. C.An offer to share compensation.
  4. D.The chattels and amenities being offered as a part of the real estate.
Explanation: Since the NAR settlement, offers to share compensation with buyer's agents can no longer be communicated through the MLS -- sellers may still offer compensation through other means, but not as MLS-published data. The square footage, legal description, and chattels/amenities being offered are all standard MLS listing data fields.
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Louisiana Real Estate Exam Structure: What to Expect

Louisiana's Salesperson exam combines 80 national questions and 55 Louisiana-specific questions — 135 scored questions total on the combo option — in 240 minutes.

Question breakdown

National portion: 80 questions, 150 minutes, scaled score 70

Standard national content — contracts and agency (16 items) is the largest category.

Louisiana portion: 55 questions, 90 minutes, scaled score 70

  • Duties, Overview, and Powers of the Real Estate Commission (4-6 items)
  • Licensing Requirements (7-9 items)
  • Statutory Requirements Governing Licensee Activities (13-15 items)
  • Louisiana Civil Law System (13-15 items) — the state's genuinely distinctive category
  • Louisiana Law of Agency (13-15 items)

Combo vs. separate scheduling

  • Combo (both portions): $81 first attempt, $96 repeat, 240 minutes
  • National only: $42 (flat, same for first or repeat attempts), 150 minutes
  • State only: $39 (flat, same for first or repeat attempts), 90 minutes

If you pass one portion on the combo exam, you cannot retake the combo — you must schedule the specific portion you failed.

Cost structure

  • Pre-licensing (90 hours): $350-$700
  • Exam (combo, first attempt): $81
  • License application: $90
  • Background check: ~$50
  • Total: $571-$921

Retake rules

Fail one portion, retake only that one — no time limit beyond your one-year testing authorization, and unlimited attempts within it. If your one-year authorization expires with only one portion passed, you must reapply with LREC and get reauthorized, but you keep one year from your passing date to pass the other portion.

If you're taking the Broker exam

The Louisiana Broker exam is the same size as the Salesperson exam — 135 questions (80 national + 55 state) in 240 minutes — but the passing bar is higher: 75%, not 70%. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision, trust account management, and firm operations. Source: Pearson VUE Louisiana Real Estate Commission Candidate Handbook (#091900, rev01/2026), Available Exams and Time Allotted table p.9.

Topics Covered on the Louisiana Real Estate Exam

National Exam Topics (80 questions)

  1. Real Property Characteristics, Legal Descriptions, and Property Use (11 items)
  2. Forms of Ownership, Transfer, and Recording of Title (9 items)
  3. Property Value and Appraisal (11 items)
  4. Real Estate Contracts and Agency (16 items) — the largest national category
  5. Real Estate Practice (10 items)
  6. Property Disclosures and Environmental Issues (9 items)
  7. Financing and Settlement (7 items)
  8. Real Estate Math Calculations (7 items)

Louisiana State Exam Topics (55 questions)

  1. Commission Duties, Overview, and Powers (4-6 items) — investigations, sanctions
  2. Licensing Requirements (7-9 items) — eligibility, renewal, license status changes
  3. Statutory Requirements Governing Licensee Activities (13-15 items) — advertising, commissions, disclosures, handling of monies, property management
  4. Louisiana Civil Law System (13-15 items) — immovables/movables, usufruct, servitudes, community/separate property, acquisitive prescription, redhibition, leases
  5. Louisiana Law of Agency (13-15 items) — ministerial acts, designated and dual agency, vicarious liability

Why this list matters

The Louisiana Civil Law System and Louisiana Law of Agency categories together make up roughly half the state exam — and neither has a real equivalent in national prep material. These two categories deserve the majority of your Louisiana-specific study time.

What this list doesn't tell you

Louisiana's civil law vocabulary (immovables, usufruct, servitudes, redhibition) sounds unfamiliar even to experienced real estate professionals from other states. Treat it as a genuinely new vocabulary to learn, not a variant of concepts you already know.

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