How to Complete the DBPR RE 16 Florida Real Estate Miscellaneous Transactions Form

The DBPR RE 16 form is a Florida Real Estate Commission form that a sales associate or broker sales associate uses for one of two things: adding or removing a business entity designation (PA, LLC, PL, or PLLC) on their license, or registering to work as active under an owner/developer rather than a traditional employing broker. The entity designation transaction costs $30; the owner/developer registration has no fee listed. Either way, you print the form, complete the right sections, and mail it to DBPR in Tallahassee.¹

If you came here to transfer brokerages, go inactive, change your name, or update an address, RE 16 is the wrong form. Those transactions use RE 10, RE 11, or RE 12 depending on the situation, and submitting RE 16 for them will not accomplish what you need.²

The Two Transactions RE 16 Handles

Section I of the form has you check one box to tell DBPR which transaction you are filing.¹

Add or remove PA, LLC, PL, or PLLC. Updates your license to include or drop a professional entity designation. Florida law allows sales associates and broker sales associates to be licensed under a professional association, limited liability company, professional limited company, or professional limited liability company rather than purely as an individual. Fee: $30.
Become active with an owner/developer. Registers your intent to perform real estate activities under a specific owner or developer of property instead of a traditional employing broker. No fee is listed on the form for this transaction.

Which Form You Actually Need if Not RE 16

Many licensees searching for RE 16 are really looking for a different form on the DBPR Real Estate Commission website:

Change of employer (brokerage transfer): RE 11²
Go inactive or become active: RE 11³
Name change (sales associate or broker sales associate): RE 10
Personal address change: RE 10
Company address change or company name change: RE 12

Florida Statute 475.23 requires licensees to notify the commission of a change of employer or business address within 10 days, so if one of those is your real situation, use the correct form and move quickly.⁴

Adding or Removing a PA, LLC, PL, or PLLC

Under Florida Statute 475.161, the Florida Real Estate Commission can license a sales associate or broker sales associate under a professional entity, but only after the licensee provides authorization from the Florida Department of State. In practice, that means registering your entity with the Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) before filing RE 16.⁵

You can select only one designation per submission from these four:

PA (Professional Association)
LLC (Limited Liability Company)
PL (Professional Limited Liability Company)
PLLC (Professional Limited Liability Company)

If you are switching from one designation to another, check “add” and select the new designation. You do not need to file separately to remove the old one first.¹

Filling Out Section II

Section II is where the entity designation change is recorded. Enter your full legal name exactly as it appears on your current real estate license, your license number (SL for sales associate, BL for broker sales associate), whether you are adding or removing a designation, and the single entity type you want.

The $30 fee is paid by check made out to “DBPR” and mailed with the form. The fee applies whether you are adding or removing.¹

Once DBPR processes the change, you will be notified and can print your updated license from your online account. You can also verify the change through the public licensee search at myfloridalicense.com.⁵

Becoming Active With an Owner/Developer

The second transaction tells DBPR that you intend to perform real estate activities on behalf of a specific owner or developer of property rather than under a traditional employing broker.¹

Filling Out Section III

Section III collects:

Your full legal name and license number as they appear on your license.
The name of the owner/developer you will be working with.
The owner/developer’s pseudo number, if the entity is already in the DBPR system. If it is new, leave this field blank and DBPR will assign one during processing.
The physical street address of the owner/developer. P.O. Box numbers are not accepted.

Section IV: Sign the Affirmation

Every applicant, regardless of which transaction they checked, must complete Section IV, the Affirmation by Written Declaration. This is your signed attestation that the information you provided is truthful, and the form will not be processed without it.¹

Where to Mail RE 16

RE 16 is a print-and-mail form. Download it from the DBPR Real Estate Commission website, complete the relevant sections, sign Section IV, enclose a $30 check if you are filing the entity designation transaction, and mail it to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation at 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783.¹

The owner/developer activation transaction uses a slightly different ZIP suffix, 32399-0782, based on the DBPR checklist page for that transaction.⁶ Use the address that matches your transaction to avoid routing delays.

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Department of Business and Professional Regulation. DBPR RE 16 Miscellaneous Transactions
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Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Florida Real Estate Home
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Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Become Inactive (RE 11) – Licensing Portal
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Florida Senate. Florida Statutes 475.23 – License to Expire on Change of Address
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Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Sales Associate or Broker Sales Associate – Add/Remove PA, LLC, PL, or PLLC (RE 16)
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Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation. Become Active w/Owner/Developer (RE 16)