Louisiana Real Estate Broker & Sales License Continuing Education
Requirements Overview
General/Elective Hours: 8
Specialty/Mandatory Hours: 4
License Renewal Period: 1 Year(s)
Requirement Details
Louisiana State Requirement Details for Real Estate Continuing Education
The CE Shop is an approved real estate education vendor with the Louisiana Real Estate Commission-9097
Every one (1) year, twelve (12) hours of continuing education is required by December 31 of each year including:
- A four (4) hour mandatory core course. The 2010 core is entitled, Louisiana Real Estate License Law - 2010 Mandatory.
- All broker and salespeople initially licensed in the year 2009 and thereafter, must complete 45 hours of post-license education plus the 4 hour mandated core topic within 180 days after their initial license date for their first renewal cycle. The licensee has until December 31 to complete the additional 4 hour mandated core topic. The licensee is not required to complete the 4 hour mandated core topic within 180 days after their initial license date. Currently, The CE Shop does not offer the post-licensing courses.
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Post-license education hours may be used to satisfy eight hours of the twelve-hour annual continuing education requirement; however, post-license education hours shall not satisfy the four-hour mandatory continuing education topic specified by the commission.
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Immediately upon real estate course completion, The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic copy of the course Certificate of Completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five (5) years, should you need additional copies at a later time. Licensees are encouraged to retain copies of their Certificates of Completion in the event that they are audited by the state. Please refer to your renewal application to determine if you need to submit your Certificate(s) of Completion with your renewal.