How to Check a Georgia Real Estate License

Check a license in five steps

1. Open the GREC license search on the Commission’s own site.
2. Choose “Find a Real Estate Agent” for a person or “Find a Company” for a brokerage.
3. Search by license number if you have it. A number avoids mixing up people with similar names. Otherwise search by name.
4. Read the result line: name, license type, status, renewal date and firm.
5. Match the firm to the brokerage on the agent’s card, the yard sign and any agreement you are given.

Anyone can look up a Georgia real estate license on the Commission's online search at ata.grec.state.ga.us/Account/Search by choosing "Find a Real Estate Agent" or "Find a Company" and searching by name or license number. (GREC license search, checked 2026-10-19)

Who runs it: the Georgia Real Estate Commission is the state agency behind the license law. It is a regulator, not a trade group and not a membership.

The Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC) is the state agency that administers Georgia's real estate license law for brokers, salespersons and community association managers. (Georgia Real Estate Commission, checked 2026-10-19)

What the result shows

A GREC license search result lists the licensee's full name, license number, license type, license status, renewal due date, firm name, firm role and a link to license history. (GREC license search, checked 2026-10-19)

Field	What to do with it
Full name	Compare it with the name on the card and the agreement. Licensed names can differ from the name an agent uses day to day.
License number	Note it. It is the most reliable way to find the same record again.
License type	Tells you whether the person is a broker, an associate broker or a salesperson (see below).
License status	Read it before the meeting. If it is not what you expected, ask the agent and their managing broker to explain it.
Renewal due date	Shows when the current license period ends.
Firm name and firm role	The brokerage the license is held under, and the person’s role there. This should match the brokerage on your agreement.
License history	A link to the record’s history. Open it and read what it shows for that person.

License types in Georgia

Georgia law defines an associate broker and a salesperson as people who act on behalf of a real estate broker. A broker is the licensee who acts for others for a fee. (archived official page, checked 2026-10-19)

In practice, most people you meet as “the agent” are salespersons or associate brokers working on behalf of a broker. The broker is the licensee the brokerage operates under, and the person to contact if something goes wrong with the agent.

One broker at a time

This is why matching the firm matters. The agreement you sign is with the brokerage, and the agent acts for that brokerage. If the search shows a different firm from the one on the paperwork, ask whether the agent has moved, and which brokerage you would actually be hiring.

What it takes to get and keep a license

A license tells you the person met the state’s entry and renewal rules. It does not measure local experience, which is why the choosing guide asks for documented sales as a separate step.

Check the brokerage, too

Run a second search with “Find a Company” for the brokerage named on the agent’s record. The agreement you sign is with that firm, so it is worth seeing its own license record before you rely on it. Write down both license numbers and keep them with your copy of the agreement.

When to check

• Before the first meeting, so the interview time goes to the questions only the agent can answer.
• Before you sign a buyer or listing agreement, in case anything changed since you first looked.
• Whenever a new person joins your deal, such as a team member who will show homes or hold an open house for you.

A brand-new licensee

A new license is not a reason to rule someone out, but it changes what you ask. A newly licensed salesperson has a postlicense course to finish in the first year and cannot start until the broker has the license paperwork in hand, both stated in the facts above. Ask who at the brokerage will supervise the work and how you reach that person.

What the search does not tell you

• A full complaint or disciplinary record. The result has a link to license history, but we have not confirmed what that history includes. Do not read a clean-looking result as proof that no complaint was ever made.
• REALTOR® membership. That is a trade association membership, separate from the license. See Realtor vs real estate agent.
• Which MLS the brokerage uses. Ask the agent. See associations and MLSs in Lumpkin County.
• Local sales, reviews or skill. The search confirms a license, not a track record.
• The relationship or fee you will get. That is in the written agreement, not the license record.

If something does not match

Start with a direct question to the agent, then to the managing broker named for the firm. Most mismatches have a plain answer, such as a recent move between brokerages. If the answer is not plain, do not sign until it is.

If you believe a licensee broke the license law, the Commission has a formal process.

The Commission does not settle money disputes. Problems with an agent covers the options, including when to talk to a Georgia attorney.

• GREC license search

  Check a license

  Shows name, license number, type, status, renewal due date, firm name, firm role and a link to license history.

  Source: GREC license search, checked 2026-10-19

• qPublic: Lumpkin County property records

  Parcel records and GIS maps

  Linked from the county's Assessors' Office and GIS pages.

  Source: Lumpkin County, checked 2026-10-19

• FEMA Flood Map Service Center

  Flood hazard lookup

  The official public source for flood hazard information, searchable by address.

  Source: FEMA, checked 2026-10-19

• Georgia MLS

  Multiple listing service

  Says its listing exposure covers all 159 Georgia counties.

  Source: Georgia MLS home page, checked 2026-10-19

• FMLS

  Multiple listing service

  Another Georgia MLS; it describes itself as the largest and first MLS in Georgia.

  Source: FMLS home page, checked 2026-10-19

Questions people ask

Next step: once the license checks out, interview the agent with the interview scorecard.

Laws, forms and practices change. Every rule on this page links to the office or statute that sets it; confirm with that source, or a Georgia attorney, before you rely on it.