Perhaps. It’s a complicated answer unfortunately because it largely depends on if the other state accepts WV’s education requirements. Because those rules change all the time it’s easy to not know what another state’s law is and thus requires you to reach out to their commission and ask. From what I hear, most of the time the other state will have you take their state portion of the exam and not the national portion again. (That is if you had tested in WV and passed our national portion of the licensing exam.) This means that most of the time you would have to take a smaller test in the new state, and most of the time you wouldn’t have to take another class. THAT SAID, THAT CAN VARY and only their commission will be able to tell you with certainty how they handle people who hold a real estate license in West Virginia. The best-case scenario of this outcome is using Massachusetts as an example. Massachusetts currently accepts WV existing licensure as perfectly fine and doesn’t even require you to take another exam! Yay, Massachusetts!
Regardless of Massachusetts stance, you will need to call the real estate commission of the state you plan to move to and say, “Hi, I have an active real estate license in WV. What do I need to do in your state to be licensed there?”
Here is a list of the commissions contact addresses around the country that might ease your search for the answer you seek.
Alabama – Real Estate Commission
Alaska – Real Estate Commission
Arizona – Real Estate Commission
Arkansas – Real Estate Commission
California – Real Estate Commission
Colorado – Real Estate Commission
Connecticut – Real Estate Commission
Delaware – Real Estate Commission
Florida – Real Estate Commission
Georgia – Real Estate Commission
Hawaii – Real Estate Commission
Idaho – Real Estate Commission
Illinois – Real Estate Commission
Indiana – Real Estate Commission
Kansas – Real Estate Commission
Kentucky – Real Estate Commission
Louisiana – Real Estate Commission
Maine – Real Estate Commission
Maryland – Real Estate Commission
Massachusetts – Real Estate Commission
Michigan – Real Estate Commission
Minnesota – Real Estate Commission
Mississippi – Real Estate Commission
Missouri – Real Estate Commission
Montana – Real Estate Commission
Nebraska – Real Estate Commission
Nevada – Real Estate Commission
New – Hampshire Real Estate Commission
New – Jersey Real Estate Commission
New Mexico – Real Estate Commission
New York – Real Estate Commission
North Carolina – Real Estate Commission
North Dakota – Real Estate Commission
Oklahoma – Real Estate Commission
Oregon – Real Estate Commission
Pennsylvania – Real Estate Commission
Road Island – Real Estate Commission
South Carolina – Real Estate Commission
South Dakota – Real Estate Commission
Tennessee – Real Estate Commission
Texas – Real Estate Commission
Vermont – Real Estate Commission
Virginia – Real Estate Commission
Washington – Real Estate Commission
West Virginia – Real Estate Commission
Wisconsin – Real Estate Commission
Wyoming – Real Estate Commission
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