GCAAR Primary REALTOR® Emeritus program

GCAAR primary REALTOR® Emeritus status is offered to recognize an individual's contributions and longevity to our local REALTOR® community and industry. 

Applications for GCAAR Emeritus status can be filled out online, but you must download the application after completing the other sections and digitally sign it in Adobe. Please send the application, along with supporting documentation, to membershiprecords@gcaar.com.

Each year, the application process opens in May. Applications are due to GCAAR by July 31 preceding the fall billing cycle. Applications are reviewed in August and applicants will be notified if they have been granted GCAAR Emeritus status in early September.

Note that, if you are granted GCAAR Emeritus status, it does not mean that you are granted Emeritus status through another local REALTOR® association, state REALTOR® association or the National Association of REALTORS®. Visit your primary state REALTOR® association and/or National Association of REALTORS® website for information about their Emeritus programs. For any other questions about GCAAR Emeritus Status, please contact membershiprecords@gcaar.com.

GCAAR has established the following criteria:

  • Any member who has held a membership with the National Association of REALTORS® for 40 or more years and has held a primary REALTOR® membership with GCAAR* for at least 21 years, with at least the last 5 consecutive years with GCAAR. In addition, the member must have proof of at least one year of service on a committee with GCAAR*.

  • Or, any member who has held a membership with the National Association of REALTORS® for 50 or more years and has held a primary REALTOR® membership with GCAAR for at least 26 years, with at least the last 5 consecutive years with GCAAR. No service at the local REALTOR® association level needed.

*Including Montgomery County Board of REALTORS®, Montgomery County Association of REALTORS®, and/or Washington, D.C. Association of REALTORS®

If approved, local GCAAR dues will be waived as long as you maintain an active primary REALTOR® membership through GCAAR.

Apply for primary REALTOR® Emeritus status