Course Requirements

PRELICENSE

  • Salesperson Requirements -Completion of a 60 clock hour course approved by the Commission. Applicants must take and pass the salesperson's examination within 6 months of course completion.
  • Broker Requirements -Completion of a 60 clock hour course approved by the Commission plus holding an active salesperson's license for 24 of the 36 months prior to application. Applicants must take and pass the Broker's examination within 6 months of course completion.
  • Reciprocal Salesperson Requirements-Completion of the Commission-approved 6 hour Reciprocal Salesperson Prelicense course covering Alabama License Law. Applicants must take and pass the Reciprocal Salesperson’s examination on Alabama License Law within 6 months of course completion.

  • Reciprocal Broker Requirements -Completion of the Commission-approved 6 hour Reciprocal Broker Prelicense course covering Alabama License Law. Applicants must take and pass the Reciprocal Broker’s examination on Alabama License Law within 6 months of course completion.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Every two years a total of fifteen (15) clock hours of continuing education prescribed by the Commission is required for renewal of an active license. These hours must be completed by September 30 of every even year. The fifteen hour continuing education course requirement is as follows:

  • Salespersons must complete the mandatory 3-hour CE course entitled Risk Management: Initial Contact to Accepted Offer and 12 hours of elective CE courses.
  • Brokers must complete two mandatory 3-hour CE courses entitled Risk Management: Initial Contact to Accepted Offer and Mandatory Broker CE Course along with 9 hours of elective CE courses.

POST LICENSE

Completion of the 30 hour post license course for salespersons within the first six months of licensure for active licensees and within one year for inactive licensees.

Note: There is no post license requirement for brokers.

ELECTRONIC COURSE EVALUATION

Licensee must log in to access the electronic course evaluation available in CMap. A course evaluation option will be available by each course listed and will be available for 30 days after course completion.