FLORIDA LICENSE RENEWAL TOOL
Check Your Florida Real Estate License Expiration
Find the expiration date on your official Florida real estate license record, then understand what education may be required before that deadline.
Florida real estate licenses generally renew on March 31 or September 30. Your exact expiration date and current license status should always be confirmed on the official Florida DBPR record.
FLORIDA LICENSE CHECK
Check when your Florida real estate license expires.
Enter your Florida real estate license number, or let Greyson help find it by name. We use Florida DBPR's weekly public records and always recommend verifying the live DBPR record before renewing or practicing.
Important: Greyson Institute is not the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. This lookup is a convenience check using DBPR's weekly public-record download. DBPR's live license search remains the official source for current status and expiration information. Null-and-void records are not included in the weekly downloadable file. Name search may use license type, middle-name information, and county from DBPR public records only to narrow possible matches; street addresses are not used or displayed.
AFTER YOU CHECK YOUR LICENSE
Write down three things from the DBPR record.
Your expiration date is important, but it does not by itself tell you which course you need. Your license type, current status, and whether this is your first renewal also matter.
01
License type
Sales Associate, Broker, or Broker Associate.
02
Current status
For example, current/active, inactive, or involuntarily inactive.
03
Expiration date
The date shown on your current official DBPR license record.
04
Renewal history
Determine whether this is your first renewal or you have renewed before.
WHAT DOES MY DATE MEAN?
Your education requirement depends on where you are in the renewal cycle.
Do not automatically assume you need 14-hour continuing education. A newly licensed sales associate may need 45-hour post-license education, a newly licensed broker may need 60-hour post-license education, and an inactive license can have different reactivation requirements.
COMMON RENEWAL PATHS
Which situation sounds like yours?
FIRST RENEWAL
Florida Sales Associate
45-hour post-license education
If this is the first renewal after receiving your Florida sales associate license, the standard requirement is 45 hours of approved post-license education before the initial license expires.
Understand the 45-hour requirement →FIRST RENEWAL
Florida Broker or Broker Associate
60-hour broker post-license education
Florida brokers and broker associates completing their first renewal generally must complete 60 hours of approved broker post-license education before the initial license expires.
Explore the broker education path →LATER RENEWALS
Current Florida License
14-hour continuing education
After the initial post-license renewal, active Florida real estate licensees generally move into the regular 14-hour continuing-education cycle.
Understand the 14-hour CE requirement →INSTRUCTOR PERMIT
Florida Real Estate School Instructor
7-hour instructor continuing education
Florida real estate school instructors generally renew their instructor permit with 3 hours of Core Law and 4 hours of Teaching Techniques during each permit period.
Understand Instructor CE →REAL ESTATE SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
Your instructor permit has its own continuing education requirement.
Florida real estate school instructors generally must complete 7 hours of instructor continuing education during each permit period:
CORE LAW
3 hours
The required Core Law course may also satisfy the Core Law portion of your regular Florida real estate continuing-education requirement when completed in the appropriate renewal cycle.
TEACHING TECHNIQUES
4 hours
The Teaching Techniques requirement must be completed through another instructor. Teaching the course yourself does not satisfy your own instructor renewal requirement.
If your initial instructor permit was issued fewer than six months before its first expiration date, DBPR does not require the 7 hours of instructor continuing education for that first renewal.
If an instructor permit is involuntarily inactive, DBPR currently requires a Core Law course and Teaching Techniques course for the missed renewal cycle and another Core Law and Teaching Techniques course for the current renewal cycle. Verify your individual record with DBPR before enrolling.
FIRST RENEWAL?
This is the question that prevents the biggest mistake.
If you have never renewed this Florida license before, do not automatically enroll in a 14-hour CE course.
A sales associate completing the first renewal generally needs 45-hour post-license education. A broker or broker associate completing the first renewal generally needs 60 hours of broker post-license education.
Missing the applicable first-renewal post-license requirement by the license expiration date can result in the license becoming null and void.
INVOLUNTARILY INACTIVE?
Reactivation rules depend on how long the license has been inactive.
Florida law provides different reactivation requirements depending on the length of involuntary inactivity.
12 MONTHS OR LESS
At least 14 hours
Florida law provides for reactivation of a license involuntarily inactive for 12 months or less after completing at least 14 hours of Commission-prescribed continuing education, along with applicable renewal requirements.
MORE THAN 12, FEWER THAN 24 MONTHS
28-hour reactivation education
A license involuntarily inactive for more than 12 months but fewer than 24 months generally requires 28 hours of prescribed reactivation education plus applicable renewal requirements.
Florida law states that a license involuntarily inactive for more than two years automatically expires and becomes null and void. Do not purchase a normal 14-hour CE course based only on the old expiration date. Verify your record and next licensing path directly with DBPR.
NO RECORD FOUND?
A missing result does not necessarily mean you were never licensed.
If you cannot locate your record, search again using your name and verify directly with Florida DBPR. A license that has become null and void requires a different path from a normal renewal.
Search the official Florida DBPR license database ↗IMPORTANT EXEMPTIONS
Some licensees have different education requirements.
Florida DBPR currently states that an active Florida Bar member in good standing is exempt from the regular 14-hour real estate continuing-education requirement.
A qualifying four-year degree or higher in real estate from an accredited institution can provide an exemption from applicable post-license education when the required documentation is submitted to DBPR.
Exemptions should be confirmed with DBPR before relying on them for renewal.
WHY VERIFY LIVE?
DBPR is the official source for your current license record.
Status changes, renewals, education reporting, and other updates can affect what appears on your license record. Greyson Institute can help you understand the education paths, but your official DBPR record controls your current license status and expiration date.
Verify your license with Florida DBPR ↗NOT SURE WHICH EDUCATION YOU NEED?
Use your DBPR record to choose the right education path.
Once you know your license type, status, expiration date, and whether this is your first renewal, Greyson Institute can help you understand what education path may apply.