Continuing Education Requirements

Salespersons Renewing for the First Time

Real estate salespersons renewing an original license for the first time must complete 45 clock hours of DRE-approved continuing education consisting of:

  • Four separate three-hour courses in the following subjects: ethics, agency, trust fund handling, and risk management, and a three-hour course in fair housing, which must include an interactive participatory component during which the licensee will role-play as both a consumer and a real estate professional; and
  • A two-hour course in implicit bias training; and
  • A minimum of 18 hours of consumer protection courses; and
  • The remaining clock hours to complete the 45 hours of continuing education may relate to either consumer service or consumer protection courses.

Brokers or Officers Renewing for the First Time

Real estate brokers or officers renewing an original license for the first time must complete 45 clock hours of DRE-approved continuing education consisting of:

  • Five separate three-hour courses in the following subjects: ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision and a three-hour course in fair housing, which must include an interactive participatory component during which the licensee will role-play as both a consumer and a real estate professional; and
  • A two-hour course in implicit bias training; and
  • A minimum of 18 hours of consumer protection courses; and
  • The remaining clock hours to complete the 45 hours of continuing education may relate to either consumer service or consumer protection courses.

All Licensees, Second and Subsequent Renewals

For subsequent renewals, all licensees with a license expiration date on or after January 1, 2023 or who are renewing on a late basis after January 1, 2023, must complete 45 hours of DRE approved continuing education consisting of:

  • One nine-hour CE survey course that covers the seven mandatory subjects, (ethics, agency, trust fund handling, risk management, management and supervision, fair housing and implicit bias training) OR licensees can choose to take individual courses in all of those mandatory subjects;
  • A minimum of 18 hours of CE courses in the category of consumer protection; and
  • The remaining clock hours to complete the 45 hours of continuing education may relate to either consumer service or consumer protection courses.

Continuing Education Courses


Department of Real Estate Approved Continuing Education Courses

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