Continuing Education Requirements (for all brokers and for salespersons who have renewed their license at lease once)

Salespersons who have revewed their license at least once before must complete 16 hours of continuing education courses to renew their license. Of these 16 hours, they must complete 3 hours in Ethics & Standards of Conduct, 2 hours in Fair Housing, 1 hour in Legal Updates & Emerging Trends, 1 hour in Real Estate Agency and 1 hour in Real Estate Contracts. The remaining 8 hours may be in real estate related subjects (electives) or in the required continuing education subjects mentioned earlier in this paragraph. These continuing education requirements also apply to inactive salespersons who apply to activate their license.

Brokers must complete 24 hours of continuing education to renew their license(s). Of these 24 hours, they must complete 8 hours in Broker Management & Agent Supervision, 3 hours in Ethics & Standards of Conduct, 2 hours in Fair Housing, 1 hour in Legal Updates & Emerging Trends, 1 hour in Real Estate Agency and 1 hour in Real Estate Contracts. The remaining 8 hours may be in real estate related subjects (electives) or in the required continuing education subjects mentioned earlier in this paragraph. These continuing education requirements also apply to inactive brokers who apply to activate their licenses.

The Real Estate Board's lists of approved Broker Management and Agent Supervision courses and continuing education courses are in the "Education and Exams" section on the Board's web page at: http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/dporweb/reb_main.cfm

Out-of-State Continuing Education Credit

The Board will accept up to eight hours of approved continuing education courses that a broker or salesperson has completed in another state as long as the licensee has a current real estate license in that other state and completed these continuing education courses during the current two-year licensure term. These eight hours can be applied only to the "real estate related subjects" (electives) continuing education category.

In order to receive up to eight hours of real estate continuing education credits in the "real estate related subjects" category, a licensee must submit to the Board: 1) an original or notorized copy of the current out-of-state license (with its expiration date); and 2) original or notorized copies of the continuing education course completion certificates.