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Illinois real estate license lookup
Check a Illinois real estate broker's license against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate: status, license number, and when it expires.
Live against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate through Illinois's official license data, showing the current status and expiration date.
Enter a Illinois license number above to see a live result.
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What each status means
- Active
- The license is current and the broker can represent clients. This is what you want to see before you sign a listing or buyer agreement.
- Inactive or expired
- The license is on file but not in force. The broker cannot practice on it until it is reactivated or renewed.
- Suspended or revoked
- The commission has taken disciplinary action. The broker is not authorized to practice, and the action is on the public record.
Verifying a Illinois real estate broker
- Licensing authority
- Real estate licensees in Illinois are licensed by IDFPR through its Division of Real Estate.
- License number
- An Illinois real-estate license number from IDFPR, a nine-digit number stored with leading zeros. Illinois has no salesperson license, so every licensee is filed as a licensed real estate broker or a managing broker.
- Renewal
- Illinois real-estate broker licenses renew on a two-year cycle ending April 30, and the record shows the current expiration date.
- Disciplinary history
- Public. The IDFPR record carries an ever-disciplined flag and reads suspended, revoked, or on probation when the Division of Real Estate has acted against the license.
Common questions
How do I know a Illinois real estate broker is really licensed?
Find them by license number on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Real Estate's record with an active status. A real estate broker who cannot be found on the state's record is not licensed in Illinois, whatever a website says.
What does an expired or inactive license mean?
The license is on file but not current, so the real estate broker cannot practice on it until it is renewed or reactivated. The record shows the expiration date.
Can I see if a Illinois real estate broker has been disciplined?
Public. The IDFPR record carries an ever-disciplined flag and reads suspended, revoked, or on probation when the Division of Real Estate has acted against the license.
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