Our students are important to us and being proactive towards our students obtaining and get their education posted to TREC is our top propriety. Texas Real Estate Commission emails licensees their
real estate license texas requirements and renewals notices 3-months (90 days) in advance of the licensee's license expiration date. Under the new rules set forth by TREC, the CE education must be posted to the licensee's records at the time they elect to pay their renewal fee. Failure to have the education posted to the license record at the time electing to pay the renewal fee will result in paying the non-refundable $200 CE Deferral fee.
Sales Agents and Brokers filing a late application:
My license has been expired for less than 6 months. What do I need to do to become licensed again? A sales agent whose license has been expired not more than 6 months, who files an application to late renew on active status must pay the applicable renewal fee, have the CE hours completed, and file the
Renewal of Real Estate License - Timely Or Expired Less Than Six Months application. If the CE hours have been completed by the license expiration date, no additional fee will be due. If the hours are completed within 60 days of the license expiration date, a $200 CE deferral fee will be required. If the hours are completed between 61 to 180 days of the license expiration date, the deferral fee and late reporting fee (total $450) will be required. The late CE fees cannot be paid online. The fees must be postmarked, by the post office, and mailed to TREC's mailing address. (TREC, 2015 FAQ http://www.trec.texas.gov/education/mce_faq.asp)
Processing Credits to TREC: The Commission (TREC) does not allow online and correspondence providers to post the student's credit until 24 hours after the student completes the course(s). Then the Commission's (TREC) Versa system must generate overnight for the credit to be posted to the licensee's record, therefore; to avoid electing to pay the $200 fee CE Deferral fee. Because the TREC Versa system does not update in "real-time" taking education at the last minute may result in the licensee having to pay the $200 CE Deferral fee to renew at the end-of-the-month.
A licensee may take their CE education anytime during their two-year license term. Save $200 dollars by taking your CE Education early.
