Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Revenue Object 3175 – Professional Fees – Real Estate

Real estate brokers and sales agent fees
Occupations Code 1101.152:
(1) Original, renewal application or annual certification for individual real estate broker license.

(2) Original, renewal application or annual certification of a real estate sales agent.

(3) Examination Fee.

(4) License for each branch office.

(5) Request for change of place of business, name or sponsoring broker or return to active status.

(6) Duplicate license.

(7) Application for approval of a real estate education program and operation of a real estate school.

(8) Transcript evaluation.

(9) A fee for preparing a license or registration history.

(10) Fee for filing an application for a moral character determination and conducting a criminal history check.

(11) Application for approval of course of study, provider or instructor of real estate continuing education courses.

1101.457
(12) Fee for deferral of continuing education.

1101.154
(13) Additional $20 fee, for each year licensed, to be sent to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, Texas A&M University on every sales agent license or certificate registration. Fee for brokers is $70.

1101.603
(14) To ensure sufficient amounts to pay anticipated claims, the commission may collect fees or assessments from license or registration applicants or from renewals for deposit to the Real Estate Recovery Fund 0971 (outside the state treasury). 

Inspector fees
Occupations Code 1102.251:
(15) Application and renewal for apprentice inspector license.

(16) Application and renewal for real estate inspector.

(17) Application and renewal for professional inspector license.

(18) Inspector change of place of business information.

(19) Inspector replacement license.

(20) Request for name change, return to actual status or change in sponsoring professional inspector.

(21) Inspector license examination fee.

Appraiser fees
Occupations Code 1103.156:
(22) Appraiser application for license/certification and annual renewal fee.

(23) Appraiser examination fee.

(24) Appraiser trainee application and renewal fee.

(25) Non-resident appraiser registration fee.

(26) Appraiser registry fee up to the amount required by the appraisal subcommittee.

(27) Appraiser return to active status.

1103.209
(28) Fee and form for reciprocity submitted by appraiser from another state must be comparable that required by certifying state.

1103.212
(29) Appraiser extension to complete continuing education.

1104.052

(30) National registry fee collected from each federally regulated appraisal management company.

Other fees
1101.451 and 1103.2111
(31) The renewal fee for a license expired 90 days or less is 1.5 times the regular renewal fee. For a license , the licensee must pay a fee equal to 1-1/2 times required renewal fee; if expired more than 90 days but less than 1 year, 2 times the  renewal fee.

1101.702 and 1103.552
(32) Commission may charge administrative penalties up to $5,000 per violation (collected under revenue object 3770).

1102.403
(33) Penalties for violations by persons not licensed under Ch. 1101 and Ch. 1102 are deposited to General Revenue or Safekeeping Trust Company, as determined by the commission.

Fees due before acting as a sales agent, broker, registrant or inspector. Annual certificate fees due in September, October, and November of each calendar year. Inspector licenses expire one year from date of issue. Application is active for one year. If applicant does not pass exam before first anniversary, must submit new application and pay appropriate fees.

S.B. 718, 68th Leg., R.S. amended (1) - (3).

H.B. 61, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S. created a temporary $110 fee increase for fiscal 1988 and 1989 which has expired (see revenue code 3185).

S.B. 1256, 71st Leg., R.S. added (22) and (23).

S.B. 432, 72nd Leg., R.S. added (15) - (19), (21) and $200 inspector license fee and additional $75 fee.

H.B. 270, 72nd Leg., R.S. repealed (22) and (23) as added by S.B. 1256, 71st Leg., R.S., but added (23) and (24) fees back into statute along with (24) - (26).

H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S. created an additional $200 fee increase (see revenue code 3171). Originally the $200 increase was distributed, 25% to Foundation School Account (0193) and 75% to General Revenue. Dedication abolished 8-31-95 per § 403.094, Government Code.

H.B. 991, 73rd Leg., R.S. added (9) and (10). Amended (4) - (7), (15) - (18) and (21).

H.B. 2644, 73rd Leg., R.S. added (28).

H.B. 1205, 74th Leg., R.S. added (13).

S.B. 634, 74th Leg., R.S. amended (26).

H.B. 1508, 78th Leg., R.S. added (11). Amended (2) and (9).

S.B. 1013, 78th Leg., R.S. added (29).

H.B. 695, 77th Leg., R.S. added (20). Amended (3) and (8).

H.B. 1530 80th Leg., R.S. amended (1) - (10).

S.B. 914, 80th Leg., R.S. amended (12).

Amended by S.B. 699, 84th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 7, 84th Leg., R.S. increased Texas Real Estate Research Center fee for brokers (item 13) from $20 to $70 and repealed $200 fee increase created by H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S.

S.B. 1516, 85th Leg., R.S. requires deposit of national registry fee (item 30) to GR Account 0028 - Appraiser Registry.

Item 32, administrative penalties deposit changed to General Revenue by S.B. 624, 86th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 1363, 88th Leg., R.S. amended (33) to change the deposit of penalties and repealed the inspector license fee of $200 and additional $75 fee.

H.B. 1363 requires the commission to transfer $200,000 to General Revenue from the Real Estate Inspection Recovery Fund at the Safekeeping Trust Company. By 8/31/26, the commission shall set aside any amounts at TTSTC to pay pending claims under Occupations Code, Subchapter H, Ch. 1102. After claims are paid, remaining money is transferred to General Revenue to offset any amounts remitted to General Revenue by the commission.

S.B. 1577, 88th Leg., R.S. repealed the minimum $1 million and maximum $3.5 million balances of the Real Estate Recovery Fund 0971. Repealed $10 fee deposited to Fund 0971 and replaced with a fee set by the commission. Effective 1/1/2024.