West Virginia Real Estate Commission
West Virginia Real Estate Commission West Virginia Real Estate Commission

Continuing Education

​​​​Continuing education is defined as a specialized learning activity designed to provide new or enhance existing knowledge, skills and abilities of real estate professionals and enable them to practice real estate brokerage business in a manner that protects the public interest.  Cont​inuing education courses to satisfy the requirement for license renewal may be offered only by Commission-approved providers and taught by Commission-approved instructors. 

For a list of approved courses visit CE Broker course s​earch or our Approv​ed Course List

To maintain an active license, every licensee is required to complete seven (7) hours of continuing professional education for each fiscal year in courses approved by the commission. To receive credit, the courses must be taken during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the licensee is applying for license renewal. Activate your West Virginia CE Broker Basic account to enter and track your compliance with WVREC license renewal requirements.

Visit our CE Broker page​ for more information.



Exempt from this requirement are: ​

  • A licensee who held a license on 07/01/1969 and renewed it continuously thereafter.

  • A licensee who is on inactive status.

  • A licensee who qualified for a license by passing both the national and state licensing examinations during the fiscal year of his or her first required renewal if the licensee renews on or before June 30 of that fiscal year.

 Active/Inactive Status C​hanges:

  • ​Inactivate my license

    • ​Broker must sign and return license to the WVREC.

    • Renewal required each year or your license will be canceled.

  • Activate my license

    • Returning to the same broker: Broker should send a letter to the Commission along with 7 hours of continuing education.

    • Joining a new brokerage: Fill out the Change Broker Form and send to the Commission with 7 hours of continuing education and fee. 

Non-resident licensees must comply with the requirement for continuing education. However, if the non-resident’s jurisdiction has a comparable continuing education requirement and recognizes West Virginia continuing education credits as fulfilling that jurisdiction’s continuing education requirement, the Commission will accept continuing education credit earned in the other jurisdiction. Distance education courses must meet WV requirements for approval in order to be accepted.​




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