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

After your first renewal, an active Florida real estate license needs at least 14 classroom hours of continuing education (CE). You take them in each biennium of your license period. Florida may accept an approved distance learning course instead, hour for hour.

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The rule, fact by fact

Course hours
At least 14 classroom hours of 50 minutes each, as the commission prescribesThe statute asks for at least 14 classroom hours of 50 minutes each. The state sets the course.
Verified. Florida Statutes (2026) · Section 475.182, Renewal of license; continuing education (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Who needs it
No 14-hour CE before the first renewal following initial licensureIt applies to new sales associates and brokers.
Verified. Florida Statutes (2026) · Section 475.17, Qualifications for practice (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Valid for
The hours count in each biennium of a license periodThe count runs from the issuance or renewal of your current license.
Same source and date as above

How to get it done

  1. Step 1. Check whether this is your first renewal. A new sales associate or broker doesn't need the 14-hour course before it. Florida may also prescribe a postlicensure course, of up to 45 classroom hours for a sales associate and up to 60 for a broker. A new sales associate or broker who skips it has a license that is null and void.

  2. Step 2. Pick a course Florida will accept. Florida may accept an approved distance learning course in place of class, hour for hour. Ask the provider whether the course is approved before you pay.

  3. Step 3. Take at least 14 classroom hours of 50 minutes each in each biennium of your license period, as the state prescribes.

  4. Step 4. Consider one of the commission's legal agenda sessions. Florida may count one as 3 classroom hours, one time per renewal cycle. Tell the state at least 7 days ahead to get the credit.

  5. Step 5. Renew before the license period ends. A license that isn't renewed by then reverts to involuntarily inactive status.

Before you pay

This page rests on the Florida statute alone, not the rules under it. We haven't confirmed which topics the 14 hours cover, how a course must be taken, or what a course costs.

Before you pay, ask the provider whether the course is approved. Check that on the state's own pages.

Questions

Does a distance learning course need a proctored exam?

Not at one central site. For an approved correspondence or distance learning course, the state may not require a written exam that is taken at a central site and monitored.

Does a legal agenda session count if I'm in a disciplinary case?

No. A licensee earns no CE credit for attending a legal agenda session as a party to a disciplinary action.

Will the state warn me before my license reverts?

Yes. Sixty days before the license period ends, the department mails a renewal notice to your last known address. It warns that the license may go inactive, so keep your address current.

What if my broker license went null and void?

You may be issued a sales associate license if you show proof of the 14-hour course, taken within 6 months after your broker license expired. To work as a broker again, you take the broker prelicensure course and pass the state broker exam.

Does a real estate degree change the postlicensure rule?

Yes. The postlicensure rules don't apply to a licensee with a 4-year degree or higher in real estate from an accredited institution of higher education.

What to do next

Start with the Florida statute on renewal and CE. Then look for the state's own pages on approved courses.

www.flsenate.gov

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