Continuing Education | Renewing a License | Making Changes | Getting a License | Prelicense Courses | Fingerprints | Licensing Exams | E&O Insurance | Business Entities | Certification of Courses, Instructors and Providers
Continuing Education
Active Renewals: Two (2) Idaho core courses plus 12 elective hours.
Inactive Renewals: No CE is required to renew on inactive status.
Reactivation: If within the same renewal period, no CE requirement. Otherwise, same as for an active renewal (two Idaho core courses plus 12 elective hours).
First Time Salesperson Renewals: Licensees renewing on active status for the first time MUST take 2 Commission Core courses plus 12 hours of Post License Education. This must include the 8-hour Post License Fundamentals course and one of the following electives: Post License Pricing, Marketing, and Advertising; Post License Professionalism, Negotiations, and Closings; or Post License Introduction to Commercial Real Estate.
Take one of Idaho’s many certified courses from your favorite provider
Attend a Commission meeting (a maximum of 4 hours of CE will be granted once per renewal period for attending an entire regularly-scheduled Commission meeting)
Take a broker prelicense course, or post license course.
Take courses to earn a professional designation (must submit on a Licensee Request for CE Credit form at least 60 days prior to license expiration date).
Attend certain courses for attorney, appraiser, accountant, or other professional license renewal (must submit on a Licensee Request for CE Credit form at least 60 days prior to license expiration date).
For courses offered by a certified Idaho provider, look for the IREC course approval number on the course advertising. Check the IREC website Education Lookup for a current list of certified courses. See the list of professional designation courses that count toward your CE. When in doubt, contact the IREC Education & Licensing Department! If you receive advertising for a course that purports to award Idaho real estate CE credit, and the course is not on IREC’s list of certified courses, there is a good chance the course will NOT count for your CE. The Commission has had problems with individuals who falsely advertise real estate CE credit. We would appreciate your forwarding any misleading or questionable advertising to the Education Department.
You can check your CE by logging in to your account through the IREC Online Services. A Designated Broker can also look up CE records online for agents in his or her office.
- Salespersons in first initial license period.
- Salespersons activating license for very first time after initial licensing period.
- You can have your broker inactivate your license and then you may renew your license online.
- You can allow you license to expire, and then renew your license on inactive status. Renewing a license on expired status may cause you to incur a late fee.
The inactivation is effective the moment your broker removes you from the company or the moment you complete the renewal, not the effective date of the renewal. Once you have completed your CE, your broker can reactivate your license online by adding you back to their company.
Renewing a License
Making Changes
Getting a License
- The exemption review shall consist of a review of any documents relating to the disciplinary action that resulted in the license revocation and any supplemental information provided by the applicant bearing upon his suitability for licensure. The Commission may, at its discretion, grant an interview of the applicant.
- During the review, the Commission shall consider the following factors and evidence:
- The severity or nature of the disciplinary violation for which the applicant’s license was revoked;
- The period of time that has passed since the disciplinary violation occurred;
- The existence, number and pattern of any other misconduct for which the applicant has been disciplined;
- The circumstances surrounding the disciplinary violation that would help the Commission determine the risk of repetition;
- The relationship of the disciplinary violation to the licensed practice of real estate; And
- The applicant’s activities since the disciplinary violation under review, such as employment, education, participation in treatment, payment of restitution or any other factors that may be evidence of current rehabilitation.
- The applicant shall bear the burden of establishing his current suitability for licensure.
Idaho Code 54-2012 states the applicant cannot have been convicted of any felony in a state or federal court. After a period of five (5) years from the date the person was convicted or completed any term of probation, sentence of confinement or period of parole, whichever is later, the applicant may make written request to the Commission for an exemption review to determine the applicant’s suitability for licensure, which the Commission shall determine in accordance with the following:
- The exemption review shall consist of a review of any documents relating to the felony and any supplemental information provided by the applicant bearing upon his suitability for licensure. The Commission may, at its discretion, grant an interview of the applicant.
- During the review, the Commission shall consider the following factors or evidence:
- The severity or nature of the felony;
- The period of time that has passed since the felony under review;
- The number or pattern of felonies or other similar incidents;
- The circumstances surrounding the crime that would help determine the risk of repetition;
- The relationship of the crime to the licensed practice of real estate; and
- The applicant’s activities since the disciplinary violation under review, such as employment, education, participation in treatment, payment of restitution or any other factors that may be evidence of current rehabilitation.
- The applicant shall bear the burden of establishing his current suitability for licensure.
Review Idaho Code 54-2011 and 54-2017 to determine whether the cooperative license is the correct license. The Cooperative Broker License FAQs may be helpful to you as you consider the circumstances. If the cooperative license is appropriate, read and carefully complete the Cooperative License Application (Form REE-005 on the IREC website).
*VERY IMPORTANT* Be sure to answer every question and include all required attachments and the correct fee. IREC cannot accept incomplete paperwork, and all incomplete paperwork will be returned to you.
Prelicense Courses
All applicants, even those currently licensed as a broker in another state, who wish to be licensed as a “Designated Broker” in Idaho must also complete a Business Conduct and Office Operations (BCOO) course (available online and also currently included as part of Brokerage Management course).
Fingerprints
Licensing Exams
If you are taking the full exam (both STATE and NATIONAL) we recommend the following: Idaho Real Estate Handbook, Idaho License Law and Rules, and either Modern Real Estate Practice or Mastering Real Estate Principles, Module 1 & 2 outlines (salespersons), and BCOO course materials (brokers). See the Approved Textbook list for more information.
E & O Insurance
Business Entities
A Designated Broker must be appointed to operate the company.
The Designated Broker must be a member/manager of the company.
If the Designated Broker already has another company, it too must be a business entity.
If this is a second company, both company business addresses must be at the same location.
If your current company is a Sole Proprietorship, then you cannot be the DB of another company unless you have terminated the Sole Proprietorship.
Certification of Courses, Instructors and Providers