What is the direct answer?
Which official Georgia topic does this cover?
Public verification of Georgia real estate license, firm, school, and instructor records.
What is the Georgia-specific distinction?
The Rule
A marketing team name can differ from the licensed firm. Search the individual and the company separately when confirming both the salesperson's status and the brokerage entity responsible for the work.
The complete lesson
Use variants carefully. Hyphens, suffixes, middle names, and trade names can affect results. A license number is the cleanest identifier when available.
Read status in context. Active, inactive, and lapsed are not synonyms. An inactive license exists but does not authorize ordinary brokerage activity; a lapsed license is not current.
For schools, confirm the approval category needed. A school approved for continuing education is not necessarily approved to deliver the 75-hour salesperson prelicense course.
What should you do, in order?
- Choose agent, company, school, or instructor search correctly.
- Search by license number when possible.
- Confirm the current status and associated firm.
- For education, confirm the exact approval category.
- Save a dated record or contact GREC when a decision depends on recent processing.
Worked example: One brand, two records
A candidate is recruited by River City Team at Peach State Realty. The team website lists a leader, but the sponsor paperwork names Peach State Realty and a qualifying broker.
Common traps
- Using a search-engine profile as proof of active status.
- Searching a team name when the legal company is different.
- Seeing a school result and assuming every course category is approved.
Original knowledge check
1. Which source should control a Georgia license-status check?
- An agent bio
- The official GREC public search
- A social profile
- A printed flyer
Show answer and explanation
The official GREC public search The regulator's public record is the authoritative search source.
2. Why search a school by approval category?
- Every approved school can offer every course
- Course approvals differ
- Only brokers teach
- PSI approves all schools
Show answer and explanation
Course approvals differ The school must hold the approval relevant to the education being purchased.
Mastery tracking
- □ I can verify an individual and a firm separately.
- □ I understand active, inactive, and lapsed status.
- □ I can confirm the exact school approval needed.
Recommended next lesson
Open the official GREC search. Follow the route that matches your current decision instead of reading licensing pages at random.