1. (1) A real estate licensee whose license is on inactive status may not engage in professional real estate activity.
2. (2) The Commissioner may reprimand, suspend, revoke, or impose a civil penalty against an inactive licensee under ORS 696.301.

3. (3) The Agency will change an active real estate license to inactive license status when the Agency receives the following:

   1. (a) An online inactivation application available through the Agency’s website completed by the licensee to change the license status to inactive; or
   2. (b) An online inactivation application available through the Agency’s website completed by the licensee’s authorized principal broker to change the license status of the licensee to inactive.
4. (4) An inactive real estate licensee may be renewed under OAR 863-014-0050.
5. (5) For a period of 30 days after a real estate license becomes inactive, the licensee may change such license status from inactive to active and be transferred by an authorized principal broker under OAR 863-014-0063.

6. (6) Except as provided in section (7) of this rule, for a period of 30 days after the real estate license becomes inactive, the licensee may become licensed as an active principal broker only if:

   1. (a) The licensee is qualified for such license and

   2. (b) The licensee submits to the Agency:

      1. (A) An Agency-approved application, and
      2. (B) Payment of the fee authorized by ORS 696.270.

7. (7) If a license has not been on active status for two or more consecutive years, the following steps must be completed in the order listed to reactivate the license:

   1. (a) The licensee must pay a fee to the examination provider and take and pass the real estate reactivation examination as required by OAR 863-014-0020.
   2. (b) The licensee must submit an online reactivation application available through the Agency’s website and pay the fee to the Agency required under ORS 696.270.

8. (8) After the 30-day period specified in sections (5) and (6) of this rule, and subject to the examination requirements in section (7) of this rule, the Agency will change the license status from inactive to active after receiving the following:

   1. (a) An online application for license reactivation;
   2. (b) Payment of the reactivation fee authorized by ORS 696.270; and

   3. (c) One of the following, as applicable:

      1. (A) An online license transfer application available through the Agency’s website, completed by the receiving authorized principal broker under OAR 863-014-0063; or
      2. (B) For principal brokers who wish to conduct professional real estate activity under a new registered business name, an online application to register the business name under OAR 863-014-0095. Upon registration, the applicant becomes a managing principal broker.
9. (9) The change of license status, transfer, or the reactivation of a license is effective when all requirements are met, applications are completed, and fees are paid.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 696.385

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 696.020 & ORS 696.022

History

REA 4-2025, amend filed 10/09/2025, effective 01/01/2026
REA 1-2017, amend filed 11/17/2017, effective 01/01/2018
REA 4-2014, f. 4-14-14, cert. ef. 4-28-14
REA 7-2011, f. & cert. ef. 11-15-11
REA 6-2011, f. 8-15-11, cert. ef. 9-1-11
REA 3-2011(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 6-22-11 thru 12-1-11
REA 1-2010, f. 6-14-10, cert. ef. 7-1-10
REA 1-2009, f. 12-15-09, cert. ef. 1-1-10
Renumbered from 863-015-0065, REA 5-2008, f. 12-15-08, cert. ef. 1-1-09
REA 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 9-26-07
Reverted to REA 1-2005, f. 5-5-05, cert. ef. 5-6-05
REA 2-2007(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-21-07 thru 9-16-07
REA 1-2005, f. 5-5-05, cert. ef. 5-6-05
REA 3-2004, f. 4-28-04 cert. ef. 5-3-04
REA 3-2003, f. 7-28-03, cert. ef. 8-1-03
REA 1-2003(Temp), f. 2-27-03, cert. ef. 2-28-03 thru 8-27-03
REA 1-2002, f. 5-31-02, cert. ef. 7-1-02, Renumbered from 863-010-0081
REA 1-1991, f. & cert. ef. 11-4-91