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Missouri: what an unlicensed TC can do

What Missouri's rules say about unlicensed transaction coordinators, what needs a license, and why the line is drawn at negotiation.

Last reviewed October 2026 from Missouri Code of State Regulations. Missouri contract deadlines →

Yes, you can work as a TC in Missouri 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

Brokers and supervising brokers "shall be responsible for supervising the real estate related activities ... of all licensed and unlicensed persons associated with them" (20 CSR 2250-8.020(1)).

You can do (no license needed)

Do the duties normally attributed to clerical or office positions in a broker's office (20 CSR 2250-8.050).

Needs a license

Sell, exchange, purchase, rent or lease real estate for another, or offer to.
Negotiate, or offer or agree to negotiate, a sale, exchange, purchase, rental or lease.
Assist or direct in the negotiation of any transaction calculated or intended to result in a sale, exchange, lease or rental.
Assist or direct in procuring prospects calculated to result in a sale, exchange, lease or rental.
List, or offer or agree to list, real estate.
Advertise or hold yourself out as a licensed real estate broker.
Take part of a licensee's fee or commission for services in a sale, lease or other transaction (339.150.2 RSMo).

Missouri has no list for assistantsThe Missouri Real Estate Commission does not publish a list of tasks for unlicensed assistants. Its rule says only: "The activities of unlicensed clerical or office employees of a broker shall be limited to the duties normally attributed to those positions. Unlicensed persons shall not do, or attempt to do, any of the activities set out under 339.010.1.(1)-(10), RSMo" (20 CSR 2250-8.050). That list includes "Assists or directs in the negotiation of any transaction." Ask your broker what you may handle, and send anything about terms to your agent.

A practical example

You can:: Upload the signed contract to the file, then send the title company the documents your agent tells you to send.
Refer to the agent:: The buyer's agent asks whether your seller would cover some closing costs. Send it to your agent.

Staying on the right side of the rules

Standard forms are the broker's to complete

The Commission's forms rule says that "When acting as a broker in a transaction, a broker may use current standardized forms" and "may complete them by filling in blank spaces to show the parties, property description and terms necessary to close the transaction the broker has procured" (20 CSR 2250-8.140(1)). It does not say an unlicensed person may do this.

Pay

A licensee may not pay any part of a fee or commission to anyone for services in buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, renting or negotiating a loan on real estate unless that person is licensed (339.150.2 RSMo).

Penalties

It is unlawful for anyone not licensed "to perform any act for which a real estate license is required" (339.180 RSMo). Knowingly violating the licensing law is a class B misdemeanor (339.170 RSMo).

How Closima handles it

Closima asks whether you hold a Missouri 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 Missouri. A license lets you also do the work in the "Needs a license" column, under a broker. Here's what's involved:

To get a Missouri salesperson license you must be at least 18 and be fingerprinted through IDEMIA (IdentoGO) for a background check. You complete a 48-hour pre-exam salesperson course from an accredited Missouri school, pass both portions of the salesperson exam, and complete the 24-hour Missouri Real Estate Practice course. Apply through MOPRO within six months of finishing the 48-hour course. How to apply.

Quick answers

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

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

Missouri has no official list for assistants, and its forms rule speaks only of the broker completing contracts, so leave completing purchase agreements to the licensee.

What can an unlicensed TC do in Missouri?

Do the duties normally attributed to clerical or office positions in a broker's office (20 CSR 2250-8.050).

What needs a real estate license in Missouri?

Sell, exchange, purchase, rent or lease real estate for another, or offer to; negotiate, or offer or agree to negotiate, a sale, exchange, purchase, rental or lease; assist or direct in the negotiation of any transaction calculated or intended to result in a sale, exchange, lease or rental; assist or direct in procuring prospects calculated to result in a sale, exchange, lease or rental; list, or offer or agree to list, real estate.

How do you get a real estate license in Missouri?

Resources

Examination and Licensure Eligibility RequirementsThe Commission's requirements for the salesperson and broker licenses.
MOPRO license searchCheck whether an agent or broker holds a Missouri license.
Missouri Real Estate Commission Statutes and RulesChapter 339 RSMo and the Commission's rules, including 20 CSR 2250-8.050 on clerical personnel.
20 CSR 2250-8 (Business Conduct and Practice)The current rules on broker supervision, clerical personnel and standard forms.

Questions about what's allowed? Ask the regulator: Missouri Real Estate Commission, 573-751-2628, [email protected].

Source: Missouri Code of State Regulations, 20 CSR 2250-8.050 (Clerical Personnel) and 8.020 (Broker Supervision), Missouri Real Estate Commission; and Chapter 339 RSMo (Code of State Regulations, Chapter 8 (6/30/23)).

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.

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