Continuing Education

Do You Know What Your CE Requirements Are?

Under Rule 58A .1702, all North Carolina brokers must complete eight (8) hours of continuing education each license year to maintain an active license. Those hours are divided into:

• Four (4) hours – Commission-approved elective course, and
• Four (4) hours – Update Course:
  • Brokers-in-Charge (BICs) and BIC-Eligible Brokers must complete the Broker-In-Charge Update (BICUP) course
  • All other brokers must complete the General Update (GENUP) course

Have You Checked Your CE Status Yet?

Have you confirmed that you completed your CE course requirements? If not, follow these steps to confirm now:

• Go to www.ncrec.gov
• Select Licensing
• Click Licensee Login
• Choose “CE License Information”

From there, you’ll see your current CE status. If either your Update Hours or Elective Hours shows a (0) zero, you must complete these courses BEFORE the deadline of June 10, 2026, to remain eligible for active license status.

NOTE: The Commission published an article entitled, Check your CE Record, on April 1, 2026. You can review the article here and CE video on YouTube. 

Do You Know Where to Find Available CE Courses?

If you still need to complete your CE, finding a course is easy and convenient:

• Visit www.ncrec.gov;
• Click Education;
• Select Search CE Course Schedules.

You can search by course number, provider, instructor, or location.

Course Numbers

• GENUP (synchronous): 5926
• GENUP (in-person): 9926
• BICUP (synchronous): 5826
• BICUP (in-person): 8826

Update courses must be taken live (in person or synchronously online). Elective courses offer more flexibility, including self-paced online options.

To explore those self-paced options:

• Go to www.ncrec.gov
• Select Education;
• Click List of Distance CE Providers.

Have You Confirmed Your CE Has Been Reported?

After completing a course, your education provider is responsible for:

• issuing you a course completion certificate, and
• reporting your CE credit to the Commission within seven (7) days of course completion.

To stay on track, make sure you:

• save your completion certificate, and
• verify your CE credit appears in your license record.

If your credit is not posted within 10 days to your license record, you will need to contact the education provider (EP) to ensure it was submitted.

Reminder: RENEW your License!

License renewal opened May 15 and runs through June 30, 2026. While CE does not have to be completed before you submit your renewal, CE must be finished by June 10 to avoid your license becoming inactive.