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How To Renew Your Texas Real Estate License

The Texas Real Estate Commission has two different requirements for salespersons looking to renew a Texas real estate license:

  • Salesperson Annual Education (SAE): This is required for newly licensed salespersons. The new salesperson must complete a total of 270 education hours by the end of the first license year. Of the 270 hours, 210 must be in TREC core course subjects. The pre-license credit hours count towards the 270 hour total, so the licensee needs to fill the remaining 60 hours with core course credits by the end of the first licensed year.

    Once the 60 hours are completed and the licensee has the course completion certificates, the certificates can be faxed or mailed to the commission. The SAE cover sheet must be filled out and included with the completion certificates. The SAE package can then be sent to the TREC at least 10 days prior to the first year license expiration date.

  • Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE): Once the SAE requirement has been completed, the salesperson is placed in the MCE category along with individual brokers. The MCE requirement states that a salesperson or broker must complete 15 hours of continuing education hours during each 2 year license renewal cycle. Six of the 15 hours must be in two mandatory courses; 3 hours of Legal Updates and 3 hours of Legal Ethics. The remaining 9 hours are elective courses.

    The MCE requirement must be completed before the license expiration date. If the necessary hours are not finished before the license expires, the salesperson or broker can still pay the license renewal fee but an additional $200 deferral fee will be charged. The licensee then has 60 days to complete the MCE requirement or the license will be set to inactive and unusable.

In either case, the TREC will not accept core course credit for any duplicate course taken within 3 years of each other.

MCE credit will be submitted to the real estate commission by the course provider. Once the required 15 hours have been completed, the TREC has an online system to make license renewal easier for Texas licensees.