California Real Estate — State Law Practice Test 2026
The California-specific law layer of the real estate Salesperson exam — DRE Real Estate Law (Business & Professions Code Division 4), the Commissioner's Regulations (10 CCR), and the California Civil Code. California gives one combined 150-question exam (national/general material + California law); the general half is in our National Real Estate bank, and this bank covers the California-law layer. The exam is administered in English — Chinese and Spanish here are study aids only and do not change the official test language.
🎯 Practice by Topic
California — Property Ownership & Land-Use
California estates, tenancies, water rights and land-use controls under CA law.
California — Laws of Agency & Fiduciary Duties
CA agency disclosure (Civil Code §2079.13–.24), disclosed dual agency, and fiduciary duties.
California — Property Valuation
CA-specific appraisal/valuation context (national valuation theory is in the National bank).
California — Financing
CA usury, anti-deficiency (CCP §580b/§580d), one-action rule, and mortgage-loan-broker law.
California — Transfer of Property
CA deeds, recording, escrow custom and transfer-tax context.
California — Practice of Real Estate & Disclosures
DRE trust-fund handling (10 CCR §2830–2835), CA fair housing (Unruh/FEHA/Holden), TDS §1102, NHD, and the Recovery Account.
California — Contracts
CA listing agreements, advance-fee rules (BPC §10085), and CA-specific contract law.
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