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How many continuing education hours do I need to renew my Alaska real estate license?

A person who holds an Alaska real estate license completes 20 hours of continuing education (CE) before the license can be renewed. The hours must be ones the Commission approves. In each biennial licensing period, a licensee also finishes at least one of four core curricula. The Commission fills in the rest with rules.

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The rule, fact by fact

Course hours
20 hours of commission-approved continuing education before renewalThe Commission can't set limits that keep you from finishing within a two-day period.
Verified. Alaska Legislature · Alaska Statutes 08.88.091, education of applicants (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Valid for
At least one of four core curricula in each biennial licensing periodThe areas are real estate sales, property management, community association management and commercial sales.
Same source and date as above
Rule
Outline and instructor must be approved before the course, with listed exceptionsAn outline or instructor counts as approved if the Commission does not disapprove it within 45 days of a complete application.
Same source and date as above

How to get it done

  1. Step 1. Plan for 20 hours of CE before your Alaska real estate license can be renewed. The statute puts that on anyone licensed under its chapter.

  2. Step 2. Pick a course whose outline and instructor the Alaska Real Estate Commission has approved before the course is held. Two kinds of course skip that step: courses that national groups build for a professional designation and that nationally certified instructors teach, and real estate courses that an accredited college offers for academic credit. Ask the provider whether the course counts for Alaska hours before you pay.

  3. Step 3. Include a core curriculum. In each biennial licensing period, finish at least one of the four as part of your CE.

  4. Step 4. Make sure the hours count before you renew. Each approved contact hour of a submitted course outline is one credit hour. The Commission sets the rest of the CE rules itself.

Before you pay

This page rests on the Alaska statute alone. It sets the 20 hours and leaves the details to the Commission's rules. We haven't confirmed a course price, or whether an online course counts.

Before you pay, ask the provider whether the course counts for Alaska CE. Check that on the Commission's own pages.

Questions

Do college courses count toward Alaska real estate CE?

They can. The rules must let a course from an accredited college or university qualify if it is part of a real estate curriculum and carries at least one quarter-hour or one-half semester-hour of academic credit. The Commission may not charge a fee for these courses.

Can a technology course count?

Yes, if it is directly related to real estate practice. The rules must let technology courses designed to enhance a licensee's skills and performance qualify for the right number of credit hours, as the Commission decides.

Does the Commission charge a fee for national designation courses?

No. The statute says the Commission may not charge a fee for courses that national groups named in its rules developed, that nationally certified instructors deliver and that a professional designation requires in a specialized area of real estate practice.

What to do next

Start with the Alaska statute on education of applicants and licensees. Then look for the Alaska Real Estate Commission's own pages on CE.

www.akleg.gov

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