Pass Your Utah Real Estate Exam the First Time

Utah's Sales Agent exam combines 80 national questions and 50 Utah-specific questions — 130 scored questions total — in 4 hours.

Question breakdown

National portion: 80 questions

Contracts and agency (16 items) is typically the largest national category.

State portion: 50 questions

• Definitions (3 items)
• Licensing (8 items)
• Real Estate Office Procedures (4-5 items)
• Property Management (3 items)
• Licensee Practice (15-17 items) — the dominant category
• Enforcement (4-5 items)
• Real Estate Education, Research and Recovery Fund (1-2 items)
• Additional State Topics (1-3 items)
• Closing Statements (6-8 items)

Two deadlines after passing

Utah requires you to apply within 90 days of passing both exam components AND within 12 months of completing pre-licensing education — track both clocks, since they run independently.

Cost structure

• Pre-licensing (120 hours): $400-$800
• Exam: $69
• License application: $154 (Division of Real Estate, new Sales Agent application)
• Fingerprinting: varies, not included in the total below
• Total: $623-$1,023

Fingerprinting is excluded from that total because the amount depends on how you do it: digital fingerprinting costs $35 at select test centers, and elsewhere you submit physical FD-258 cards through local law enforcement at their price.

Retake rules

Unlimited retakes, $69 per attempt.

If you're taking the Associate Broker or Principal Broker exam

Utah's Associate Broker and Principal Broker exams share the same structure: 170 questions (80 national + 90 state) in 4 hours (240 minutes) — the same national portion as the Sales Agent exam, but nearly double the state portion (90 questions instead of 50), reflecting Utah's much larger Broker-specific content outline. Passing requires a scaled score of 75, up from the Sales Agent exam's 70. Broker content shifts toward brokerage supervision and trust account management. Source: Utah Real Estate Candidate Handbook (Pearson VUE), Utah Real Estate State Broker Licensing Examination Content Outline ("90 scored items") and Score Explanation ("passing score... 75 for the broker examination").

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)

Utah State Exam Topics (50 questions)

1. Definitions (3 items) — Real Estate Commission, license types
2. Licensing (8 items) — RELMS, renewals, continuing education
3. Real Estate Office Procedures (4-5 items) — trust accounts, branch offices
4. Property Management (3 items)
5. Licensee Practice (15-17 items) — nearly a third of the state exam: advertising, handling of money, Buyer/Seller/Limited agency, the REPC form
6. Enforcement (4-5 items) — complaints, disciplinary action
7. Recovery Fund (1-2 items)
8. Additional State Topics (1-3 items) — water rights, adverse possession, Lien Recovery Act
9. Closing Statements (6-8 items)

Why this list matters

Licensee Practice alone is nearly a third of the state exam. Give it the majority of your Utah-specific study time, especially the REPC form and the three agency types.

What this list doesn't tell you

Utah's "Limited" agency category is genuinely distinct from Buyer and Seller agency — don't assume it's a synonym for dual agency without studying the actual Utah-specific definition.