Continuing Education (CE) -- 2024-2025
CE cycle – November 16, 2024 through November 15, 2025 (70-02-04-02)
North Dakota resident licensees – Must meet the following CE requirements to renew as active for 2026. (70-02-04-01)
Non-resident and reciprocal licensees – Must meet CE requirements in their state of residence only. (70-02-04-04)
Total CE hours required for resident licensees -- 12 CE hours total from NDREC-approved courses. Current CE cycle requirements include the same 2 mandatory topics for all licensees – whether brokers, broker associates, or salespersons. (70-02-04-02)
No limit on number of CE hours that can be taken in 1 day.
No grace period – There is no grace period to complete required CE. (70-02-04-02)
If required CE is not completed by Nov. 15 -- Licensees must renew as inactive for 2026 to avoid potential disciplinary action if CE was not completed as required. If the licensee renews as inactive due to late completion of CE, the licensee can transfer the license to active effective Jan. 1, 2026 or later, provided CE is completed. (70-02-04-01)
Salespersons licensed before Jan. 1, 2025 – Must complete the mandatory 3 hours on diversity, equity, and inclusion plus the mandatory 3 hours on vacant property and other real estate scams and frauds, plus 6 hours on elective topics for a total of 12 hours.
Salespersons first licensed in 2025 – Are exempt from CE requirements for their first renewal. (70-02-04-15)
Broker associates – Must complete the mandatory 3 hours on diversity, equity, and inclusion plus the mandatory 3 hours on vacant property and other real estate scams and frauds, plus 6 hours on elective topics for a total of 12 hours.
Brokers -- Must complete the mandatory 3 hours on diversity, equity, and inclusion plus the mandatory 3 hours on vacant property and other real estate scams and frauds plus 6 hours on elective topics for a total of 12 hours.
Brokers newly licensed after Nov. 15, 2024 – If new brokers passed the broker license exam this CE cycle, they are exempt from CE requirement for this CE cycle. (70-02-04-15)
Licensees who are CE course instructors – Can request 1 hour of CE credit for every hour as an instructor of a unique course taught this CE cycle, not to exceed 50 percent of CE required and not to replace any mandatory CE requirement. (70-02-04-16)
Licensees who have been continuously licensed since Jan. 1, 1969 -- Are exempt from CE. (43-23-08.2(3))
Licensees who request to activate an inactive license – Must meet the CE requirements of 70-02-04-02 for each CE cycle the license was inactive, not to exceed the number of hours required for the 3 CE cycles prior to reactivation. This CE must have been completed within the 3 years immediately preceding the license activation. (70-02-01-05(4))
Approved courses – Licensees must take courses approved by the ND Real Estate Commission to earn mandatory and elective CE. (70-02-04-02) The ND Real Estate Commission also will accept CE credit for courses approved by other state real estate commissions. See a list of currently approved courses here: https://www.realestatend.org/licensees/education-2/approved-courses/
Course certificates of completion -- Licensees must receive and retain a certificate of completion from the course sponsor after each course, provided the licensee was present for at least 90% of the classroom hours. The certificate shall contain licensee's name, course title, course number, date, location of course, number of approved credit hours, and course sponsor or instructor. (70-02-04-21)
Licensees are responsible for their CE recordkeeping. -- The ND Real Estate Commission is not required to maintain a list of licensees and their CE. (70-02-04-21)