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What are the requirements for license renewal?
R 339.22213 License renewal; late renewal.
Rule 213. (1) An applicant for renewal of a license may continue to operate as previously licensed, using the expired wall license and pocket card as evidence of proper licensing, if the applicant has met both of the following conditions by the expiration date.
What is a lapsed license?
If your license is currently lapsed, it means you did not pay the fee or make application for a renewal for the license ending 10/31/09.
When is license renewal required?
A salesperson whose license has been lapsed for 3 or more continuous years may be relicensed if the licensee provides proof of the successful completion of 1 of the following:
(a) Six clock hours of approved continuing education for each of the years the license was lapsed.
(b) Forty clock hours of instruction.
(c) Passing the examination required for licensure as a salesperson
Do the continuing education requirements differ for brokers and associate brokers from what they are for salespersons to renew?
No. the requirements are the same. There is not currently a difference in the hours or class topics required for salespersons and broker/associate brokers.
What are the requirements to renew a license?
Renewal occurs in the third year of a license period prior to November 1. Late renewal occurs between November 1 and December 30 of the year in which a license expires.
Requirements to Renew per license law:
(a) Submitted a complete application for renewal and the required fee.
(b) Completed the required continuing education.
The requirements that a broker or associate broker must meet include the number of hours of continuing education missed during years while the license was lapsed. Alternatively, the broker exam must be passed and if an attempt is made to pass it, it will be required that the applicant take the 90 hours of required education for issue of a broker license.
(If you do not currently have a pocket card and license, you are out of buisness at this time and you must apply for relicensure,)
When is it necessary to apply for relicensure?
A person who fails to renew a license within 60 days of expiration, shall apply for relicensure.
As stated above, relicensure must be applied for after December 30 of the year in which the license expires.
What requirements must be met for relicensure?
According to Article 2504, beginning November 1, 2003, a licensee shall complete not less than 18 hours of continuing education per 3-year license cycle.
This does not mandate 6 hours per year, rather it requires 18 during the 3 year period of the license.
It further defines the requirements beginning with calendar year 2007 . . . a licensee shall complete at least 2 hours per calendar year of the required 18 hours of continuing education courses.
This is the requirement of every licensee during the licensing term. Therefore, if you have a license and did not take a 2 hour class in 2007, you are behind in your hours.
Each licensee, in completing the appropriate number of clock hours, will have the option of selecting the education courses in that licensee's area of expertise, as long as the education courses are approved by the department and as long as at least 2 hours of an education course per calendar year involve law, rules, and court cases regarding real estate.
Is there any advantage in taking continuing education classes while my license is lapsed?
Since it is necessary, in order to become relicensed, to take sufficient hours to make up for any you have missed while your license was lapsed, if you take the required hours during the licensing period (18 over a three year period with 6 of those hours being legal update hours) you will have met the education requirements for relicensure and will be able to skip further education and become relicnsed by making application and paying the fee.
How do I obtain a form to apply for relicensure?
The relicensure form is available on the DLEG website which can be accessed at
www.michigan.gov/realestatelicense
On the real estate home page, go down the right hand side to the bottom green button that reads, "Forms and Publications." On the page that opens, read down the column until you find a form title that reads salesperson License, new and relicensure. This form can be filled out online and can then be printed off so it can be provided to the proper party for signature to join a real estate company.
If you want to relicense, but do not want to actively participate in real estate sales at this time, you can join our holding company. Information about this is available in the Referral/Holding Company file under a topic called Lapsed License Status.
For further information, you can also phone us at 248-348-9191 or email us at claudiaatrepeg@sbcglobal.net.
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