Learn how to get a branch manager endorsement for your real estate managing broker license.
License requirements
You must have a Washington real estate managing broker license to qualify for a branch manager endorsement.
A managing broker or designated broker can only be the branch manager of 1 branch office at a time.
Apply for an endorsement
Before applying for a branch manager endorsement, make sure your fingerprint-based suitability screening results are on file and up to date.
Replace a branch manager
Online
A designated broker (or someone with administrator rights to the branch) can choose any branch-affiliated managing broker to be a branch manager.
If the previous branch manager is staying with the branch, they must be invited to reaffiliate as a managing broker. Otherwise, they will be removed from the branch and their license status will be changed to Inactive-No Active Affiliation (unless the designated broker was also acting as the branch manager).
Log into SecureAccess Washington (SAW)
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By mail or email
A designated broker can mail or email a Real Estate Endorsement Application form signed by both the managing broker and the designated broker.
Please include a cover letter stating if the outgoing branch manager will stay with the branch as a managing broker. Allow us at least 21 days to process your application.
For a new branch office application
Online
A designated broker (or someone with administrator rights to the branch) can add a branch manager when applying online for a new branch office. We'll issue the branch manager endorsement when we approve the branch office application.
To apply, log into SecureAccess Washington (SAW). Don't have a SAW account? Learn how to create a SAW account.
By mail
Include the Real Estate Endorsement Application, signed by both the managing broker and the designated broker, when applying for a new branch office by mail.
Remove an endorsement
Your branch manager endorsement appears on your managing broker license. Your endorsement ends when:
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The designated broker replaces you with a new branch manager, closes the branch, or closes the firm and its branches
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Your license is canceled
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The firm and/or branch cancels your endorsement