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

An Indiana broker with an ACTIVE or UNASSIGNED license needs 12 hours of continuing education (CE) each year, unless post-licensing covers that year or you have a waiver. The CE year runs July 1st to June 30th. With an INACTIVE or REFERRAL license, you need no CE to renew. A managing broker puts at least 4 of the 12 hours on managing broker topics.

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The rule, fact by fact

Course hours
12 hours of CE every year from July 1st to June 30thA broker whose license is INACTIVE or REFERRAL does not have to complete CE to renew.
Verified. Indiana Professional Licensing Agency · Real estate licensing information (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Who needs it
At least 4 of the 12 hours must go to managing broker skills and legal knowledgeThe rule applies in any year you work as a managing broker, even for part of it.
Same source and date as above
Rule
At least 12 hours per CE year of approved courses from commission-approved sponsorsThe rule covers a broker who has not been granted an inactive license or a waiver.
Same source and date as above

How to get it done

  1. Step 1. Check your license status. With an ACTIVE or UNASSIGNED license you must complete the required CE to renew it. With an INACTIVE or REFERRAL license you don't.

  2. Step 2. Pick a course from a commission-approved sponsor. The Agency lets you view approved courses by provider or sponsor when you select your profession from its drop down list. You get no credit unless you finish the whole course.

  3. Step 3. Take 12 hours of approved CE in each year that runs July 1st to June 30th. Bring government-issued photo ID and proof of your broker license to each course.

  4. Step 4. If you hold a managing broker designation, make at least 4 of the 12 hours about the skills and legal knowledge a managing broker needs. They are part of the 12, not extra.

  5. Step 5. Keep your CE certificates. You don't send them in when you renew. After the renewal period the Commission audits at random, and if it picks you, you send copies. Don't renew until all your CE is done.

Before you pay

This page rests on the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency's real estate page, which quotes Indiana Administrative Code 876 IAC 7, and on its list of approved course providers. We haven't confirmed a course price.

Before you pay a school, look the sponsor up in the Agency's list. Check that the course is approved for broker CE.

Questions

Can extra hours count toward next year?

No. Hours above the minimum for a CE year are not carried forward to the next CE year.

I just got my broker license. When does CE start?

A broker licensed after June 30, 2014 must pass 30 hours of post-licensing education in the first two years. Those hours cover CE for two CE years. The year you were first licensed doesn't count toward them, so CE starts in the third CE year after it.

My license expired three or more years ago. How much CE do I need to get it back?

Expired 3 or more years: complete 36 hours of CE and retake only the state portion of the exam. Expired 9 or more years: complete the 90-hour pre-license course and retake the national and state exams. After it gets your documents, the Board decides whether you need any other training.

How long is a CE course?

Hours are counted in full hours, and a 50 minute instruction period equals one hour. A course must be at least a two hour instruction period.

What to do next

Start with the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency's real estate page. Then look up approved courses in its list of providers before you buy.

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