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Georgia: what an unlicensed TC can do

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

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

Yes, you can work as a TC in Georgia 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.
Georgia infographic for unlicensed transaction coordinators: administrative tasks from the Georgia Real Estate Commission's list, such as answering phones, typing contract forms as directed, assembling closing documents and arranging inspection and closing times, next to tasks that need a license, such as explaining contracts outside the firm, answering title or financing questions, giving advice, negotiating fees, showing property and implying you are licensed.

What you can do without a license

GREC says the licensee and the licensee's broker must be certain an assistant does no brokerage activity, and it asks whether the broker has written policies and procedures to guide unlicensed staff.

You can do (no license needed)

  • Answer the phone and forward calls to a licensee.
  • Type contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker.
  • Assemble documents for closings.
  • Check on the status of loan commitments after a contract has been negotiated.
  • Arrange dates and times for inspections, the mortgage application, the pre-closing walk-through and the closing.
  • Act as a courier to deliver documents or pick up keys. The licensee stays responsible for delivering contracts and closing documents.
  • Get public-record documents from the courthouse and other public sources.
  • Submit listing data to a multiple listing service.

Needs a license

  • Discuss or explain a contract, listing, lease, agreement or other real estate document with anyone outside the firm.
  • Answer questions on title, financing or closings, other than their time and place.
  • Give owners, buyers or tenants advice, recommendations or suggestions about a sale, purchase, exchange or lease.
  • Negotiate or agree to any commission, commission split, management fee or referral fee for a licensee.
  • Show property, or host open houses, kiosks, home show booths or fairs.
  • Make cold calls or otherwise contact the public to find prospects.
  • Discuss with a property owner the terms and conditions of the property offered for sale or lease.
  • Hold yourself out, orally or in writing, as licensed or as a licensee of a firm or broker.
Typing a contract is not explaining itGREC lets support staff "type contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker". The same list says they cannot "discuss or explain a contract, listing, lease, agreement, or other real estate document with anyone outside the firm." If a buyer, seller or other agent asks what a term means, send them to your agent.

A practical example

You can:
Your agent gives you the price, earnest money and closing date, and you type them into the contract form as directed.
Refer to the agent:
A buyer asks what a clause in the contract means, or whether they should change it. Your agent answers.

Staying on the right side of the rules

Pay makes it brokerage

GREC says salary or fees paid to an assistant count as "a valuable consideration", so an assistant who makes cold calls for listing appointments or hosts an open house to find prospects must hold a license.

Penalties

GREC says that doing those acts without an active license "is a criminal offense", and that "licensees who utilize unlicensed individuals to perform such acts may have their real estate licenses revoked by the Commission."

Broker responsibility

When reviewing a case, GREC asks questions such as whether the broker was physically available to supervise and whether the broker had "established written policies and procedures to guide both licensed and unlicensed personnel".

An inactive license doesn't help

GREC's lists apply to "Unlicensed or inactively licensed support personnel". A person with an inactive license can't secure prospects for a licensee either.

How Closima handles it

Closima asks whether you hold a Georgia license. If you don't, purchase agreements and addenda go to your agent with a link: they check every value and complete the form, and Closima records that a licensee completed it. If you do, you fill them in yourself and send them to your agent for approval before they go out. Everything else (deadlines, documents, emails, other forms) works as usual.

Thinking about a license?

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

Georgia requires a 75-hour Salesperson Prelicense Course at a GREC-approved school (or qualifying college coursework) and a passing score on the PSI exam. You bring a copy of your criminal history (GCIC) report to the PSI test center, and you activate your license with a sponsoring broker, who signs the Sponsoring Broker Statement. New salespersons must finish a 25-hour Postlicense course in their first year or the license lapses. How to apply.

Quick answers

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

No. You can work as a TC in Georgia 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 Georgia?

Only as typing. Georgia lets support staff "type contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker", but not discuss or explain them outside the firm.

What can an unlicensed TC do in Georgia?

Answer the phone and forward calls to a licensee; type contract forms as directed by the licensee and the supervising broker; assemble documents for closings; check on the status of loan commitments after a contract has been negotiated; arrange dates and times for inspections, the mortgage application, the pre-closing walk-through and the closing.

What needs a real estate license in Georgia?

Discuss or explain a contract, listing, lease, agreement or other real estate document with anyone outside the firm; answer questions on title, financing or closings, other than their time and place; give owners, buyers or tenants advice, recommendations or suggestions about a sale, purchase, exchange or lease; negotiate or agree to any commission, commission split, management fee or referral fee for a licensee; show property, or host open houses, kiosks, home show booths or fairs.

How do you get a real estate license in Georgia?

Georgia requires a 75-hour Salesperson Prelicense Course at a GREC-approved school (or qualifying college coursework) and a passing score on the PSI exam. You bring a copy of your criminal history (GCIC) report to the PSI test center, and you activate your license with a sponsoring broker, who signs the Sponsoring Broker Statement. New salespersons must finish a 25-hour Postlicense course in their first year or the license lapses.

Resources

Questions about what's allowed? Ask the regulator: Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC), (404) 656-3916, [email protected].

Source: Georgia Real Estate Commission, Real Estate InfoBase, Chapter 3, "Assistants, Secretaries and Support Staff" (No revision date printed (page copyright 2006)).

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: Georgia contract deadlines · How to become a transaction coordinator

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