Pass Your New Mexico Exam the First Time
New Mexico requires 90 hours of pre-licensing education. The exam tests unique topics like Native American land (trust land vs. fee land) and community property laws. Adobe construction and acequias (historic water rights) are regional specialties.
Questions
115
75 NAT / 40 STATE
To Pass
75%
86 / 115 TO PASS
Time Limit
3 Hrs
180 TOTAL MINUTES
Provider
PSI
NMREC
Pass your New Mexico Associate Broker or Qualifying Broker License
New Mexico’s acequia system gives local ditch associations veto power over water right transfers, and no other state in the country has this rule.
AI models trained on national real estate content have no way to generate correct questions for a legal structure that is unique to New Mexico. Generic platforms treat water rights as a western states topic and move on. New Mexico’s exam tests the specific procedural requirements of a centuries old irrigation system that no national curriculum was built to cover.
The License Professor is written by licensed New Mexico professionals who built questions around PSI state portion priorities. Every question on acequia water rights, community property requirements, and brokerage relationship forms is grounded in New Mexico statute.
Three Topics that Trip Up New Mexico Students Most
Community Property Law
New Mexico is one of only nine community property states, meaning both spouses own all marital assets equally — students confuse which property requires both signatures to convey and which is separate, a distinction that dominates the state portion.
Water Rights (Acequias)
New Mexico’s centuries-old acequia ditch system gives local governing boards veto power over water right transfers — written permission from the acequia association is required before any transfer, a rule found nowhere else in the country.
Adverse Possession
Unlike most states, New Mexico requires the adverse possessor to have paid all property taxes for the entire 10-year statutory period — miss that tax-payment element and you will miss every adverse possession question.
The New Mexico Real Estate License Professor includes specialized deep dives for each of these.
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Associate Broker License
Who is this for?
This license is ideal for experienced agents ready to take on more responsibility while working under a supervising broker To obtain a Associate Broker license, you must be sponsored by a licensed broker or brokerage firm.
Requirements
Your Exam
You need 86 out of 115 questions correct to pass.
To upgrade: 2 years experience, reach age 21, no sponsorship needed
Qualifying Broker License
Who is this for?
This license is ideal for experienced professionals who want to manage a brokerage office and supervise other agents
Requirements
Your Exam
You need 94 out of 125 questions correct to pass.