Michigan State Requirements

The standard license cycle is three years. All current real estate licenses will expire 10/31/2012. All licensees require some continuing education every year.

One of the easiest ways to remember is to just continue to complete 6 clock hours of CE every year. Of those 6 hours, 2 must include law and rules updates.

• There no longer is a “waiver” of CE for the first year the license is issued.
• The CE requirements are pro-rated depending upon which year of the three-year cycle the license is issued, but ALL licensees require CE to renew.

*Important Note: Licenses are not issued for a term of less than 4 months (120 days). Therefore, each July in the first year of a three-year cycle, the next expiration date is used. For example, we issued 10/31/2012 expiration licenses beginning July of 2009.

The “every year” CE mandate therefore could mean that someone’s first “year” might be as long as 16 months if it was issued in July-August-September-October of that first year.

The second year is 11/1/2010 to 10/31/2011 and third year is 11/1/2011 to 10/31/2012 (license expiration).

To recap, each year, licensees must complete a minimum two clock hours of “law” related real estate continuing education. When renewing, and before expiration, each licensee must accumulate a total number of hours applicable to that licensee’s issue date.
For example,
• The license was issued in the first year of the three year cycle, 18 hours are required

• Issued in the second year, 12 hours
• And issued in the third year, 6 hours are required, respectively.

• CE course numbers for the current three-year license cycle (2009-2012) are prefaced with a L (e.g., L500, L297, L700) and are given separate course numbers if the hours can be counted toward the law and rules mandatory requirement.
• Relicensure applicants may use L courses toward getting relicensed but those courses are then USED and CANNOT count toward the renewal requirements in October 2012.
• All licensees can track CE hours that are posted to their i.d. number by accessing this http://www.cis.state.mi.us/bcsc/coned/research.htm. Enter the 10-digit i.d. number and click on it to see the listing of courses credited. It is important to keep continuing education completion certificates to refer to when signing up for new classes. This way, you can ensure that you do not take the same course twice (as credit will be given only once). If a reporting error occurs, you will be able to prove attendance.
• Lists of CE Sponsors who are course providers are available and can be viewed in a number of formats (e.g., on-line courses only, all providers, etc.).
• Licenses EXPIRE 10-31-12 and to continue uninterrupted practice, sufficient CE must be attained by that date. There is a 60-day late renewal period, however the license is considered expired. Practice must CEASE until the renewal requirements are met and the renewed license is issued and received.
• Failure to meet the CE requirements by 12-30-12 will lapse the license. If relicensure is desired, a relicensure application and fee are required.
• Renewal fees are earned upon receipt and are non-refundable. If you are not going to meet the requirements for renewal, do not pay your renewal fee. You can apply for relicensure at a date you can meet the requirements.