Study Louisiana real estate law with 50 free practice questions, detailed answer explanations and official source links. No account or registration is required. This set focuses on the state portion for Louisiana salesperson candidates, including civil law and agency rules.

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Louisiana Real Estate Practice Exam

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Under the Louisiana Civil Code, how is a tract of land with its component parts classified?

As personal property whenever it is rented.

As a movable merely because it can be sold.

As an immovable.

As an incorporeal debt in every case.

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An authorized LREC representative seeks to inspect a brokerage’s required records at its office on an ordinary Tuesday at 10 a.m. Is that within the statutory inspection period?

No; records may be inspected only after a consumer files suit.

Yes; ordinary weekday inspections are authorized from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

No; the statute permits inspections only after 5 p.m.

No; the statute permits inspections only on weekends.

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An owner says Louisiana ownership gives unlimited permission to use land regardless of law. Which statement is more accurate?

Ownership removes all government restrictions.

Ownership belongs automatically to any tenant in possession.

Ownership permits use but never a sale.

The owner may use, enjoy and dispose of it within legal limits and conditions.

4 / 50

A person receives an initial Louisiana salesperson license. What postlicense education does the statute require?

45 hours within 180 days after the initial license date.

45 hours at any time before the third renewal.

No further education until the person becomes a broker.

90 additional hours within 30 days.

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A Louisiana buyer’s agent shows other prospective buyers a property that the first client likes. Does that action alone breach the duty described in section 3893?

No; the statute expressly permits showing a property of interest to other prospective buyers.

Yes; every buyer client owns the agent’s entire property inventory.

No; because the agent owes no duties to any client.

Yes; the first viewing automatically reserves the property.

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A buyer gives money to a Louisiana seller with a contract to sell. The parties do not expressly provide a different treatment. Under article 2624, what is the default classification?

A nonrefundable broker commission in every case.

Earnest money giving an automatic withdrawal option in every case.

A deposit on account of the price.

A gift unrelated to the purchase.

7 / 50

A Louisiana property-management agreement says it lasts until the owner eventually decides to end it, without a definite expiration date. Which statutory requirement is missing?

A minimum twenty-year term.

A definite expiration date not subject to qualifying terms or conditions.

A guarantee that the property will never be vacant.

A clause allowing renewal fees to replace an expiration date.

8 / 50

A Louisiana broker terminates a salesperson’s sponsorship. Within what time must the terminating party submit the termination form to LREC?

Within 5 calendar days of termination.

At the next annual renewal.

Within 30 business days.

Only after the salesperson finds another broker.

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A Louisiana licensee is working with a person in a transaction beyond merely ministerial acts, and no written agreement establishes a different relationship. What relationship does section 3892 generally presume?

No agency can ever exist until the licensee receives payment.

Designated agency for the person with whom the licensee is working.

Dual agency in every transaction.

Automatic subagency for every broker in the MLS.

10 / 50

Under the ordinary Louisiana first-time salesperson route, how much approved prelicense instruction is required?

12 hours.

90 hours or its approved equivalent.

150 hours in every case.

45 hours.

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A Louisiana salesperson receives a buyer’s deposit for a transaction handled through the salesperson’s broker. What should the salesperson do?

Keep it in a personal account until closing.

Give it to an unrelated salesperson for safekeeping.

Hold it until the buyer asks for a receipt.

Place it in the broker’s custody as soon after receipt as practicable.

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A Louisiana salesperson knows that a home has a material structural defect. The seller asks the salesperson not to tell the buyer. What should the salesperson do?

Remain silent because the seller is the client.

Disclose only if the buyer pays for the information.

Assume a general as-is statement permits concealment.

Disclose the known material defect to the buyer.

13 / 50

During an authorized investigation, may LREC require a licensee or witness to appear through a subpoena?

No; witnesses may appear only if they volunteer.

Yes; the Commission has statutory subpoena authority.

No; the Commission can subpoena only buyers.

Only if the brokerage agrees in advance.

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Which is among a Louisiana seller’s obligations under Civil Code article 2475, subject to applicable law and valid contractual terms?

Deliver the thing sold and provide the stated warranties, including ownership and peaceful possession.

Guarantee that property taxes will never rise.

Provide no delivery because signing alone always completes every obligation.

Guarantee every future resale profit.

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A Louisiana hidden defect reduces a thing’s usefulness or value so much that the buyer would still have purchased it, but only at a lower price. Under article 2520, which remedy corresponds to that type of redhibitory defect?

Automatic ownership of the seller’s other property.

A reduction of the price.

A mandatory award of triple the purchase price.

No remedy because the thing retains some usefulness.

16 / 50

Under Louisiana’s agency statute, what is a customer as distinct from a client?

Every person who has signed a brokerage agreement engaging the licensee as agent.

A person not represented by the licensee for whom the licensee performs ministerial acts.

Any person who pays a commission, regardless of representation.

Only a buyer who has already closed on property.

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An unlicensed person negotiates a Louisiana real estate transaction for a neighbor in expectation of a fee. No exemption applies. Can a single act violate the licensing law even if the fee has not yet been paid?

No; licensing matters only after payment clears.

No; the person must complete at least three sales.

Yes; one covered act performed in expectation of compensation can be enough.

No; transactions for neighbors are automatically exempt.

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The last party signs a Louisiana real estate document involving multiple parties. Within what period must the signers receive the completed document bearing all signatures?

Only after a signer sends a written demand.

Within 5 days after the final signature is affixed.

At any time before the next annual renewal.

Only at closing, regardless of when everyone signed.

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A Louisiana seller’s agent receives an offer below the listing price. What statutory duty applies to presenting offers to the client?

Wait until the agent receives a more profitable offer.

Timely present all offers to and from the client.

Discard every offer below asking price automatically.

Present the offer only after the buyer hires the same agent.

20 / 50

While married under a Louisiana community-property regime, a spouse inherits a house individually. What is the statutory classification of the inherited house itself?

Community property merely because the inheritance occurs during marriage.

That spouse’s separate property.

Property automatically owned by the state.

The other spouse’s separate property.

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Which response to a Louisiana license-law violation is within LREC’s statutory disciplinary powers?

Automatically transferring ownership of the disputed property.

Guaranteeing the licensee’s future commissions.

Excusing every violation once a licensee pays annual renewal fees.

Imposing additional continuing education requirements.

22 / 50

During an existing Louisiana legal community-property regime, spouses acquire property through one spouse’s work, and no separate-property exception applies. How is it generally classified?

As a donation to the working spouse.

As separate property solely because only one spouse worked.

As the employer’s property forever.

As community property.

23 / 50

A Louisiana seller pays a broker’s compensation. Does payment alone conclusively decide which party the broker represents?

Yes; the person paying always becomes the only client.

Yes; every payment creates dual agency.

No; compensation is not determinative of agency.

Yes; payment replaces all brokerage agreements.

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A first-time Louisiana salesperson applicant has a high school diploma but is 17. Has the applicant met the statutory minimum age for an individual license?

No; the minimum age is 18.

Yes; a diploma removes the age requirement.

No; all applicants must be at least 21.

Yes; broker sponsorship makes age irrelevant.

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A Louisiana licensee merely answers a caller’s question about a listed home’s price and location. What type of act is this example listed as in the agency statute?

An automatic dual-agency agreement.

Creation of a predial servitude.

Automatic acceptance of a purchase offer.

A ministerial act.

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A Louisiana buyer offers $240,000. The seller replies, “I accept, but only at $250,000.” How does the Civil Code classify a response that changes the offer’s terms?

As a counteroffer.

As an exact acceptance of the original offer.

As an automatic transfer of ownership.

As a binding acceptance at both prices simultaneously.

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A Louisiana designated agent needs advice from the sponsoring broker to help a client. May the agent disclose the client’s confidential information to that broker for that purpose?

No; the sponsoring broker is excluded in every circumstance.

Yes; and the broker may then publish it for marketing.

Yes; the statute permits disclosure to the broker for advice or assistance benefiting the client.

Only after the client’s transaction has failed.

28 / 50

A Louisiana brokerage mixes a client’s transaction money with the broker’s personal spending funds. Which prohibited practice does this illustrate?

Reconduction.

A required commission advance.

A valid substitute for keeping transaction records.

Commingling.

29 / 50

A Louisiana salesperson has moved to a new sponsoring broker. Compensation is now due for a transaction the salesperson initiated while with the former broker. How may the active salesperson receive it?

Through the current sponsoring or qualifying broker.

Only after returning to the former broker’s sponsorship.

Directly from the seller, bypassing both brokers.

Directly from the former broker without involving the current broker.

30 / 50

A Louisiana broker receives only oral consent to offer an owner’s entire property for sale. The owner has not given written consent. What is the licensing-law issue?

Written consent is unnecessary if the property is vacant.

The broker may substitute a neighbor’s approval.

Oral consent always satisfies the stated requirement.

Offering the property without written consent is a stated disciplinary cause.

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A Louisiana broker and buyer execute a buyer agreement for brokerage services to purchase a home. Which compensation term must the agreement include?

No compensation information until closing.

A statement that only the buyer can ever supply compensation funds.

The amount payable to the broker or how that amount will be calculated.

A promise that compensation must always be exactly 6 percent.

32 / 50

An active Louisiana salesperson asks about the ordinary annual continuing education requirement. Which statement matches the statute?

Any 12 hours of unrelated college classes.

12 hours every three years.

4 hours total, with all other study optional.

12 hours per year, including at least 4 hours in Commission-specified subjects.

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Two Louisiana parcels belong to different owners. One parcel bears a charge for the benefit of the other parcel. What is this property relationship called?

A predial servitude.

A buyer brokerage agreement.

A personal commission debt.

An automatic merger of ownership.

34 / 50

For an ordinary Louisiana authentic act under Civil Code article 1833, which execution arrangement is required?

One witness and no authorized officer.

Only the buyer’s unsigned email.

The parties’ signatures alone, without a notary or witnesses.

Execution before a notary or authorized officer and two witnesses, with the required signatures.

35 / 50

A Louisiana broker joins an MLS and views another broker’s listing. Does membership alone make the first broker a subagent of the listing broker’s client?

No; subagency can only be created by a written agreement.

Yes; whenever the listing contains a street address.

No; because Louisiana prohibits all written subagency agreements.

Yes; every MLS participant automatically becomes a subagent.

36 / 50

A Louisiana licensee plans to represent both buyer and seller in the same transaction, with no owner-licensee exception. What consent is required before acting as a dual agent?

Consent inferred solely from payment at closing.

Only the seller’s oral approval.

The informed written consent of all clients.

No consent when the agent expects both parties to benefit.

37 / 50

A Louisiana residential lease had a fixed one-year term. After it expires, the tenant stays for a full week without notice to vacate or terminate and without opposition from either party. What does article 2721 provide?

The lease is reconducted.

The tenant automatically acquires ownership.

The one-year lease becomes an agricultural lease.

The lease cannot continue unless a new notarial act is signed.

38 / 50

A Louisiana salesperson places a license on inactive status. May the person keep negotiating sales for clients while paying the inactive renewal fee?

Yes; if the client signs an inactive-license waiver.

Yes; but only for transactions below $100,000.

No; inactive status prohibits activity requiring a real estate license.

Yes; paying the fee authorizes all brokerage activity.

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LREC suspends a Louisiana sponsoring broker’s license. What happens to the licenses of the salespersons sponsored by that broker?

They remain fully active until the next renewal.

They may continue under any broker without a transfer.

Their licenses are automatically suspended under the statute.

They automatically become independent brokers.

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A Louisiana licensee tells a buyer, “I guarantee you will profit when you resell this property.” How does the licensing statute treat that promise?

It is required whenever a buyer requests investment advice.

Guaranteeing future resale profits is a stated disciplinary cause.

It is automatically valid if nearby prices rose last year.

It is allowed whenever the guarantee is oral.

41 / 50

How long must a Louisiana individual real estate broker retain the transaction and escrow records specified by the license law?

1 year.

Only until the transaction closes.

Only while the broker remains on active status.

5 years.

42 / 50

A Louisiana licensee represents a seller and gives an unrepresented customer factual assistance. How must the licensee treat that customer?

Dishonestly if it might benefit the seller.

As someone with no legal protection unless a commission is paid.

As a client automatically after any factual answer.

Honestly and fairly.

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A Louisiana instrument grants someone a usufruct over property owned by another. Which basic description fits that right?

A license to ignore every duty toward the property.

A commission agreement for selling the property.

Permanent full ownership transferred to the usufructuary.

A real right of limited duration on another person’s property.

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A Louisiana licensee receives transaction compensation from more than one source. What disclosure does the license law require?

Say nothing if the total fee seems reasonable.

Disclose only the largest payment.

Advise all parties in writing of compensation received from any source connected with the transaction.

Tell only the party paying the fee.

45 / 50

A Louisiana offer expressly allows acceptance until Friday at 5 p.m. Under Civil Code article 1928, what is the offer’s status during that specified period?

It can always be revoked at any moment despite the stated period.

It is irrevocable during the specified acceptance period.

It is already an accepted contract merely because a deadline was stated.

It automatically expires one hour after delivery.

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A Louisiana seller tells a designated agent to keep a material physical defect confidential. Is material information about the property’s physical condition included in the statute’s confidential-information protection?

Yes; until the buyer pays the full price.

Yes; anything a client asks to conceal is automatically protected.

No; that category is expressly excluded.

Yes; but only if the seller asks orally.

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While acting as a Louisiana dual agent, a licensee learns that the seller would accept less than the listing price. May the licensee disclose that lower acceptable price to the buyer without the seller’s permission?

Yes; but only in a text message.

No; the statute prohibits that disclosure without the seller’s permission.

Yes; dual agency makes every negotiating limit public.

Yes; if disclosure could speed up closing.

48 / 50

A Louisiana agent’s seller client signs a transaction document. When should that client receive a copy of the document just signed?

Only if the transaction closes.

Immediately after signing.

Within six months.

Only after every other party has signed.

49 / 50

A Louisiana applicant asks which public body regulates the issuance of real estate licenses. Which is correct?

The local association of REALTORS®.

The Louisiana Real Estate Commission.

The parish recorder of mortgages.

Pearson VUE acting independently of the state.

50 / 50

A Louisiana brokerage agreement ends, and no written agreement adds further duties. Which duties survive under section 3895?

No duties of any kind.

Publishing the former client’s negotiating limits.

Only advertising the former client’s property forever.

Accounting for transaction money and property, and preserving confidential information.

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What does this Louisiana practice exam cover?

The official examination content outline groups state subjects into Commission powers, licensing requirements, licensee activities, civil law and agency. Our original scenarios provide practice across those five groups. They are not actual licensing-exam questions or an exact simulation of the official examination.

Practice topic	Questions
Commission powers	5
Licensing requirements	7
Licensee activities	12
Louisiana civil law	13
Louisiana agency	13

You will work through licensing and education requirements, broker supervision, transaction documents, compensation, client money and disclosures. The civil-law questions introduce ownership, usufruct, predial servitudes, contract formation, community property and sales. Agency questions distinguish clients from customers and address designated agency, confidentiality and dual agency.

How many questions are on the Louisiana real estate exam?

The Pearson VUE Louisiana candidate handbook lists 80 scored national questions with 150 minutes and 55 scored state questions with 90 minutes for salespersons. Additional unscored pretest questions appear: 5 national and 5–10 state. Our 50-question practice bank is a study resource, not the official test length.

What score do you need to pass?

Louisiana salesperson candidates need a scaled score of 70 on each portion. That is not the same as saying that 70% correct on this practice bank guarantees a pass. This quiz reports a raw percentage correct; Pearson applies the official scoring method described in the handbook. Broker candidates have a different passing standard.

How to study Louisiana real estate law

Start with an attempt without reference materials. Write down the topic behind each missed question so your next study session addresses the rule, not just the answer choice.
Read the complete explanation. Each item explains why the other choices fail and links to the statute supporting the answer. Notice whether the question concerns a broker, salesperson, client or customer.
Learn Louisiana civil-law vocabulary in context. Explain a usufruct or predial servitude in your own words, then compare it with ownership. Do not assume a familiar national-exam term describes every Louisiana rule.
Make a short deadline list with the event that starts each period. For example, distinguish giving a client a copy when the client signs from delivering a completed document after all parties have signed.
Study agency separately from compensation. Who pays a broker does not, by itself, settle whom the broker represents. Read the facts about consent, the relationship and the information being disclosed.
Use a second attempt to explain your reasoning before selecting an answer. The questions may appear in a different order, but retaking this exam uses the same bank.

Use approved coursework and the complete official outline alongside this practice set. Our real estate math guide helps with calculations, while our real estate terms and flashcards support broader vocabulary review.

Louisiana sample questions and explanations

Sample 1

A Louisiana instrument grants someone a usufruct over property owned by another. Which basic description fits that right?

A. A license to ignore every duty toward the property.
B. A commission agreement for selling the property.
C. Permanent full ownership transferred to the usufructuary.
D. A real right of limited duration on another person’s property.

Answer: D. A real right of limited duration on another person’s property. Article 535 defines usufruct as a real right of limited duration in another’s property. Its features depend on whether the things are consumable or nonconsumable. Source: Louisiana Civil Code art. 535 Louisiana Civil Code art. 535.

Sample 2

A Louisiana buyer offers $240,000. The seller replies, “I accept, but only at $250,000.” How does the Civil Code classify a response that changes the offer’s terms?

A. As a counteroffer.
B. As an exact acceptance of the original offer.
C. As an automatic transfer of ownership.
D. As a binding acceptance at both prices simultaneously.

Answer: A. As a counteroffer. An acceptance not in accordance with an offer’s terms is deemed a counteroffer. Source: Louisiana Civil Code art. 1943 Louisiana Civil Code art. 1943.

Sample 3

A Louisiana broker joins an MLS and views another broker’s listing. Does membership alone make the first broker a subagent of the listing broker’s client?

A. No; subagency can only be created by a written agreement.
B. Yes; whenever the listing contains a street address.
C. No; because Louisiana prohibits all written subagency agreements.
D. Yes; every MLS participant automatically becomes a subagent.

Answer: A. No; subagency can only be created by a written agreement. MLS membership or similar information-source affiliation alone does not create subagency. A written agreement is required. Source: La. R.S. 9:3898 La. R.S. 9:3898.

Louisiana real estate exam FAQs

Is this Louisiana practice test free?

Yes. All 50 questions, answer explanations, source links and end-of-test review are free and available without registration.

Can I retake the test?

Yes. Use the restart control on the results screen to begin again. Retakes draw from the same 50 questions.

Should I study the national portion too?

Yes. This page concentrates on Louisiana law. Use the national practice exam linked above and the national topics in Pearson’s outline for general concepts.

Who handles Louisiana licensing and exam appointments?

The Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) regulates licensing. Pearson VUE administers the examination. Follow LREC’s approval process before scheduling through the official Louisiana testing program.

Does this replace the required prelicense course?

No. The ordinary first-time salesperson route requires 90 hours of approved prelicense instruction. This quiz is a study supplement, not an approved course or license application. See LREC’s salesperson requirements for the full application process.

Official Louisiana study resources

The questions and explanations were checked against official Louisiana statutes on September 21, 2026. Each question includes its source. This bank provides representative practice rather than complete coverage of every law, administrative rule or official outline item, and it does not guarantee a passing result.

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