Licenses renew every 2 years and require a total
of 18 hours of CE.
🎯 Check your TREC status.
✅ Mandatory Hours — 11 Hours
·
Legal
Update I — 4 hours (laws,
rules, and updated forms)
·
Legal
Update II — 4 hours (ethics,
agency, and industry updates)
· Contract-Related Coursework — 3 hours (TREC-approved contracts course)
🔓 Elective Hours — 7 Hours
Choose from any TREC-approved elective courses. Popular
topics include:
·
Marketing
& technology
·
Negotiations
·
Lead
generation
·
Ethics
·
Property
management
·
Risk
reduction
See the KWNC Free CE class schedule for 2026.
⚠️ Additional Requirement for Brokers
& Supervisors
If you are a broker who sponsors agents, a designated
broker for a business entity, or have been delegated supervisory
authority (team leaders and coaches), you must also complete:
·
Broker
Responsibility Course
— 6 hours (counts as part of your 18 hours, reducing electives to just 1
hour)
🆕 First-Time Renewal (Sales Apprentice
Education — SAE)
If it's your very first renewal, the rules are
different:
·
270
total qualifying real estate course hours are required
·
GRI
(Graduate Realtor Institute)
can be substituted for the SAE requirement (same hours). GRI is the only
lifetime designation from NAR.
·
Legal
Update I & II must still be completed
·
Broker
Responsibility course required if you've been designated a supervisor
📌 Good to Know
·
You
cannot repeat the same course for CE credit within the same renewal
cycle
·
All
courses must be TREC-approved
·
Online
CE is fully allowed with no hour limits
·
If
you miss your deadline, TREC offers a $200 CE Deferral Fee for a 60-day
extension
·
Renewing
on inactive status does not require CE completion
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