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New Broker Education Requirements
If you are a new Oregon broker, you must take the 30-hour Advanced Real Estate Practices (AP) course before your first active license renewal. This includes licensees who were previously licensed, let their license expire or otherwise lapse, and have obtained a new broker license. Principal brokers, sole practitioner brokers and property managers are not required to take the AP course. Completion of the course is required by OAR 863-015-0055(4).
The AP course is a specific 30-hour course that must be completed before your first active license renewal. Your first license is valid from the date of issue for one year and then onto the last day of the month of your birthday. This means your first renewal date may be less than 13 months after obtaining your license. For example, if your first license was issued in May 2007, and your birthday is in June, your license would renew June 30, 2008.
If your license is inactive at the time of renewal, you do not need to take the AP course until you reactivate your license.
Although the AP course requirement is separate from continuing education requirements, a principal broker may let affiliated brokers use the AP course to meet the continuing education requirements.
If you do not know if you need to take the AP course, please contact the Real Estate Agency.
When affiliated brokers complete the AP course, the course certificate must be given to their principal broker. The principal broker signs the licensee's renewal form (or Renewal Continuing Education Certification Signature Card, if renewing online) stating that the course has been completed. The principal broker then keeps the certificate (and Signature Card, if applicable) for six years as required by ORS 696.280(2) and (3).
A list of approved providers for the AP course can be found at Approved Pre-License and Post-License Real Estate Education.
You need to take the AP course to renew your active broker license if:
- the license is being renewed for the very first time.
- you had an Oregon real estate license, but let it expire or otherwise lapse. You have now re-licensed as a broker by meeting the current licensing requirements. Your first license renewal since re-licensing is now coming up.
You need to take the AP course to activate your inactive broker license if:
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you obtained your very first broker license after June 30, 2002, but it has been inactive the entire time. You have renewed your inactive license at least once, and now you wish to activate it.
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you had an Oregon real estate license, but let it expire or otherwise lapse. You became re-licensed as a broker after June 30, 2002 by meeting the current licensing requirements, but have had an inactive license since then. You have renewed your inactive license at least once, and now wish to activate it.
You do not need the AP course if:
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You are a principal broker
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You are a sole practitioner broker
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You are a property manager
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Your license is currently inactive (but you may need it to activate your license)
Call the Agency if:
- You have a reciprocal license.
- You have any questions.
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