Education FAQ

License information can be found at the Division of Real Estate’s website (www.com.ohio.gov/real) by visiting the eLicense Center and choosing Lookup License Information. The lookup is a search engine where users can access information by the last name or license number. Simply choose Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing from the “Board” dropdown. Then submit a last name or license number to see the issuance date and CE due date information. You may also call the Division at (614) 466-4100 or TTY/TDD (800) 750-0750.

No, your 10 hour post-licensure education and continuing education are two different requirements. You may begin taking continuing education prior to completing your 10 hour post-licensure though.

You must submit copies of your continuing education completion certificates to the Division to show that you have completed the required coursework. If you do not submit those certificates to the Division by your continuing education due date, your license will be placed into a suspended status.

No. The earliest you may file your renewal is two months prior to your renewal deadline.

Any roll over hours, up to 10 hours, will be considered elective hours—they cannot count toward the nine required core class hours.

Once you complete a course, you will see a course certification number on your course completion certificate. The certification number includes a letter that serves as a course-type designator:

• D—Core Law
• G—Civil Rights
• C—Canon of Ethics
• E—Elective*
• F—Computer Specific (elective)*
• B—Computer Basic (elective)*

*A licensee may only take a maximum of 15 hours of computer elective

The requirement for REALTORS® to complete Code of Ethics training changed to a biennial requirement (every two years) in November 2014 by action of the National Association’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

The applicable dates are the same for all REALTORS® irrespective of when they join. The frequency of cycles changed from every four years to every two years in January 2017. The current cycle ends December 31, 2020.

New members of local REALTOR® associations must complete similar Ethics training when they first join. A new member who has completed the New Member Code of Ethics Orientation shall not be required to complete additional ethics training until the next two-year cycle.

You can take the New Member Ethics Orientation HERE