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Alaska: what an unlicensed TC can do

What an unlicensed transaction coordinator may do in Alaska, what needs a license, and why filling in a contract is not the same as explaining it.

Last reviewed October 2026 from Alaska Real Estate Commission. Alaska contract deadlines →

Yes, you can work as a TC in Alaska without a real estate license.Stick to administrative work under a licensed agent and their broker, and leave anything that needs a license to them. Here's where the line is.

What you can do without a license

Alaska lets a licensee employ an unlicensed person for administrative, bookkeeping, clerical and maintenance tasks that don't need a license (12 AAC 64.095(b)). Rules for employees also apply to independent contractors (AS 08.88.910). Brokers must supervise their licensees, including reviewing files for completeness and accuracy (12 AAC 64.125).

You can do (no license needed)

  • Answer the phone, take messages and forward calls to the licensee.
  • Schedule appointments for the licensee, but not make sales calls or solicit business.
  • Get public information from a courthouse, municipality or other public source.
  • Enter listing data and changes into the MLS as the licensee approves.
  • Draft advertising, promotional materials and correspondence for the licensee to approve, and place advertising.
  • Fill in contract forms with business and factual information as the licensee directs.
  • Witness signatures, act as a courier and assemble file documents.
  • After a contract is signed, arrange access to the property for the appraiser, contractor, inspector or other service provider.
  • Record and deposit trust funds, compute commission checks and do office filing.
  • Place or remove signs, have keys made for the licensee's listings, and unlock a property so a licensee can show it.

Needs a license

  • Explain or interpret a purchase and sale contract, a listing or property management contract, or any other service agreement.
  • Host an open house, kiosk or home show booth.
  • Show a property.
  • Make sales calls or solicit business for the licensee.
  • Help find buyers or sellers, or help negotiate a sale, lease or purchase.
  • Sell, buy, list, rent or lease real estate for others, or offer to.
You can fill in a contract, not explain itAlaska lets an unlicensed person "fill in contract forms with business and factual information as directed by the licensee" (12 AAC 64.095(b)(11)). But a licensee may not use an unlicensed person for "explaining or interpreting a ... contract of purchase and sale" (12 AAC 64.095(a)(3)). If a party asks what a term means, send them to the agent.

A practical example

You can:
Your agent gives you the price, earnest money and closing date, and you fill them into the purchase contract for the agent to check.
Refer to the agent:
The seller asks what the inspection contingency means for them. Send it to your agent.

Staying on the right side of the rules

Clerical work doesn't need a license

Alaska's license law does not apply to "an individual assisting in the performance of real estate activities only by carrying out administrative, clerical, or maintenance tasks" (AS 08.88.900(a)(15)).

Your pay can't be a share of the commission

A licensee may not knowingly pay "any part of a fee, commission, or other compensation received by the licensee" in a transaction to a person who is not licensed (AS 08.88.401(d)(1)). The law says this applies even to people who are exempt from licensing (AS 08.88.900(b)). Ask your broker how your pay is set up.

Penalties

The Commission may order a civil penalty of up to $5,000, or the gain realized plus $5,000, whichever is greater, for each offense of unlicensed practice (AS 08.88.167). Doing licensed activity without a license is a class A misdemeanor (AS 08.88.401(g)).

How Closima handles it

You can fill out contract forms in Closima. Before you send one for signature, Send to agent for approval gives your agent a link to check the filled form and approve it or ask for changes, and the file records who approved it and when. If your agent signs off another way, you can still send it, and the file notes that.

Thinking about a license?

You don't need one to work as a TC in Alaska. A license lets you also do the work in the "Needs a license" column, under a broker. Here's what's involved:

Alaska's first license is the real estate salesperson license. You complete 40 hours of pre-licensing education, pass the Alaska salesperson exam (given by Pearson VUE), and apply online with your exam score sheet, education certificate, proof of errors and omissions insurance and your employing broker's information. Exam scores are valid six months. New licensees must complete 30 hours of post-licensing education within one year. How to apply.

Quick answers

Do you need a license to be a transaction coordinator in Alaska?

No. You can work as a TC in Alaska without a real estate license. Stick to administrative work under a licensed agent and their broker, and leave anything that needs a license to them.

Can an unlicensed TC fill out a purchase agreement in Alaska?

Yes, as directed. Alaska lets an unlicensed person "fill in contract forms with business and factual information as directed by the licensee", but not explain or interpret them.

What can an unlicensed TC do in Alaska?

Answer the phone, take messages and forward calls to the licensee; schedule appointments for the licensee, but not make sales calls or solicit business; get public information from a courthouse, municipality or other public source; enter listing data and changes into the MLS as the licensee approves; draft advertising, promotional materials and correspondence for the licensee to approve, and place advertising.

What needs a real estate license in Alaska?

Explain or interpret a purchase and sale contract, a listing or property management contract, or any other service agreement; host an open house, kiosk or home show booth; show a property; make sales calls or solicit business for the licensee; help find buyers or sellers, or help negotiate a sale, lease or purchase.

How do you get a real estate license in Alaska?

Alaska's first license is the real estate salesperson license. You complete 40 hours of pre-licensing education, pass the Alaska salesperson exam (given by Pearson VUE), and apply online with your exam score sheet, education certificate, proof of errors and omissions insurance and your employing broker's information. Exam scores are valid six months. New licensees must complete 30 hours of post-licensing education within one year.

Resources

Questions about what's allowed? Ask the regulator: Alaska Real Estate Commission (Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing), (907) 269-8160, [email protected].

Source: Alaska Real Estate Commission, Statutes and Regulations (AS 08.88 and 12 AAC 64), including 12 AAC 64.095, Real Estate Activities of Unlicensed Persons (Compilation dated September 2024 (PDF last modified June 2026)).

Buying or selling a home yourself? These pages are for people who work in real estate. Work with a licensed agent or a real estate attorney.

General information, not legal advice. Rules change, and your broker's policies may be stricter: confirm your duties with your supervising broker and your state's real estate regulator.

See also: Alaska contract deadlines · TC duties, licensed and unlicensed · How to become a transaction coordinator

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