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

Most active Georgia real estate licensees take 36 hours of continuing education (CE) in each renewal period. At least three hours must be on license law. A broker needs at least 18 hours on broker topics, inside the 36. A license from before 1980 with fewer than six digits in its number is exempt.

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The rule, fact by fact

Course hours
36 instructional hours of continuing education during the renewal periodWhen you renew an active license, you give the Commission evidence that you completed the hours.
Verified. Georgia Real Estate Commission · Rule 520-1-.05, Maintaining a License (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Rule
At least 3 hours on the topic of license law during each renewal periodEach renewal period needs at least three hours of continuing education on license law.
Same source and date as above
Valid for
At least 36 hours per four year renewal period for those licensed after January 1, 1980The coursework has to be approved continuing education.
Verified. Georgia Real Estate Commission · Obtaining a License: Real Estate (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026

How to get it done

  1. Step 1. Check whether you're exempt. A licensee who got a license before 1980 and has a license number of fewer than 6 digits is still exempt from CE.

  2. Step 2. If you need broker hours, pick a course from an approved school. Any approved real estate school may offer broker CE courses, so check with the school before you buy that the commission approved it for broker credit.

  3. Step 3. Take 36 instructional hours in the renewal period. At least 3 of them must be on license law.

  4. Step 4. If you're a broker, make at least 18 of those hours broker courses. They are part of the 36, not extra.

  5. Step 5. Pay the renewal fees on time. Unless they are paid, an individual license lapses on the last day of the month of the licensee's birthday.

Before you pay

This page rests on a Georgia Real Estate Commission rule and two of its pages. We haven't confirmed a course price, or whether an online course counts. The sources we read say nothing about online courses.

Before you pay a school, ask whether the commission approved the course for the hours you need. Check that on its own pages.

Questions

How should a broker spread the 36 hours?

After the 18 broker hours and the 3 license law hours, the remaining 15 may be on any approved CE topic.

What does a new salesperson take in the first year?

A Commission-approved post-license course of at least 25 instructional hours, other than a prelicense course. You show the commission evidence of it within one year of your original license. If you qualify for the six-month extension, you have eighteen months to finish it. If you're a non-resident and you successfully complete a substantially similar post-license course in your home state, before your Georgia license or within its first year, that course counts.

I'm a non-resident broker. How do I meet Georgia CE?

You may submit proof of licensure in your resident state. Send a copy of your license or pocket card. It must show active status and an expiration date later than your Georgia expiration date.

How long is a broker CE course?

At least three credit hours. A broker course covers training licensees, supervising licensees, reviewing brokerage agreements or managing a firm.

What if my license lapses because I didn't finish the hours?

The rule bars a licensee whose license lapses for failing to finish the education hours from real estate brokerage until the license is reinstated.

What to do next

Start with the Georgia Real Estate Commission page on CE. Then read the commission's rule on maintaining a license and ask an approved school which of its courses count.

grec.state.ga.us

Sources we read