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How to check a real estate license in Tennessee

To check a Tennessee real estate license, use the state's Verify a License search, which the Tennessee Real Estate Commission links from its tn.gov pages. The Commission says you can check license status, view expiration dates and see any public disciplinary actions, and that results are updated daily. The Department of Commerce and Insurance also posts a monthly Disciplinary Action Report. To complain, file through CORE, the department's online portal. The Commission cannot recover money or order a refund; for that you must file a civil lawsuit. Its Real Estate Education and Recovery Account can pay up to $15,000 per transaction on certain unpaid court judgments.

Sources checked Sep 28, 2026 on official Tennessee government pages. Next review due Mar 28, 2027.

Look up the license

Open the Verify a License (Verify Public Search)

What the search shows

According to the regulator’s own description, the search shows:

  • License status
  • Expiration dates
  • Any public disciplinary actions

The Commission says search results are updated daily. Source

Match the license number as well as the name. Different people can share a name.

Check for disciplinary actions

The Department of Commerce and Insurance posts a monthly Regulatory Board Disciplinary Action Report. It includes Real Estate Commission actions with the violation, the action taken and the date.

Open the official page

File a complaint

  1. File the complaint online through CORE, the Department of Commerce and Insurance portal.

Limits on what the regulator can do

  • The Commission cannot recover money or order a refund of money or property. To get money back, you must file a civil lawsuit and hire your own lawyer if you need one.
  • The office cannot give legal advice or represent people seeking refunds.
Open the official complaint page

Real Estate Education and Recovery Account

If you win a valid court judgment for money damages against a licensee for violating Tennessee's broker licensing law and cannot collect it, you may ask the court to order payment from the account. You must notify the Commission in writing, by certified mail, when you start the lawsuit. Recovery is capped at $15,000 per transaction and $30,000 in total per licensee. The Commission says this is general information, not legal advice, and that it cannot give legal advice.

This page summarizes the regulator’s own pages. It is not legal advice.

Read the official page

What a license check cannot tell you

  • A current, active license shows that the state allows the person to practice. It does not show sales results, skill or client satisfaction.
  • A lookup shows the record as of the regulator’s last update. Check again close to when you sign an agreement.

Tennessee agents on AgentCerta

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Real estate agents in Tennessee

Official sources

  • Tennessee Real Estate Commission help and support
  • Verify Public Search
  • Regulatory Board Disciplinary Action Reports
  • Tennessee Real Estate Commission complaints
  • Department of Commerce and Insurance: file a complaint
  • Real Estate Education and Recovery Account

Checked Sep 28, 2026. AgentCerta is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any state regulator.