After First Renewal, Broker Applicants Must Have Completed CE before Filing

 

The Commission rule governing continuing education requirements changed April 1 for North Carolina-licensed salespersons who are applying for a broker license after having completed at least one license renewal.

Under the revised rule, annual continuing education must be completed for the year in which a broker license application is made and prior to its filing.

The annual continuing education requirement includes the mandatory four-hour Update course plus one approved, four-hour elective.

If you complete either CE course within 30 days of filing your broker license application, submit copies of the CE course completion certificates with your application since your CE record at the Commission may not yet reflect those credits.

An application is considered “filed” when it is received by the Commission properly completed and with all required enclosures.

CE courses must have been taken during the license period in which the broker application is filed. A carry-over elective course credit from the previous license period will not count toward this requirement.

 

EXAMPLES

 

1. Licensed before July 1, 2003, completed the Broker licensing course and filing your application before July 1, 2004.

--CE for 2003-04 year must be completed before filing.

2. Licensed before July 1, 2003, completed the Broker licensing course and filing your application between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005.

--CE for 2004-05 year must be completed before filing.

3. Licensed on or after July 1, 2003, not yet renewed your salesperson license, completed the Broker licensing course and filing your application before July 1, 2004.

--No CE required for the 2003-04 license year.