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Louisiana post-license path
You have 180 days from your initial license date to complete 45 hours of post-license education. Not one year. One hundred eighty days. Here is exactly what the Louisiana Real Estate Commission requires, what it costs you to miss the deadline, and how to get it finished.
Every newly licensed salesperson and broker must complete 45 hours of post-license education from an LREC-approved state-certified real estate school and pass an examination on the course content. This is new coursework, not a repeat of pre-license.
The deadline runs from your initial license date. Not your renewal date, and not the end of the calendar year. A license issued in March is due in September. A license issued in October is due the following April.
Failing to complete the course is citable under La. R.S. 37:1437. The published fine citation schedule sets the first violation at $325, charged on top of the tuition you still owe for the course.
Most agents who get cited did not refuse to take the course. They meant to take it in month five and ran out of month.
What to know
The 45 hours are in addition to the 90 hours of pre-license education you completed before your licensing exam. None of that coursework carries over to this requirement.
Post-license education must be taken from an LREC-approved state-certified real estate school. Hours from a provider without that approval do not count toward the requirement.
LREC requires an examination on course content. This is done from the school and does not require a 3rd party testing center like the pre-license course.
In the year you complete it, post-license education may satisfy a portion of the 12-hour annual continuing education requirement. It cannot cover the mandatory topics LREC specifies each year.
Post-license FAQ
These answers stay with the rule itself. Course dates, pricing and format live on the course page.
You have 180 days from your initial license date. LREC's rule states that within the first 180 days after your initial license date you must complete the 45-hour post-license course. The clock does not follow the calendar year and does not wait for your first renewal.
45 hours. This is separate from and in addition to the 90 hours of pre-license education you completed before taking your licensing exam.
Failing to complete the course is a citable violation under La. R.S. 37:1437, and LREC's fine citation schedule sets the first violation at $325. The fine does not replace the requirement. You still have to complete all 45 hours.
Partially. In the year you complete it, post-license education may be used to satisfy a portion of the 12-hour annual continuing education requirement. It cannot be used to satisfy the mandatory course topics that LREC specifies.
Yes. LREC requires an examination on course content in order to complete post-license education. Attending or logging the hours alone does not satisfy the requirement.
Yes. The LREC fine citation for failing to complete the 45-hour post-licensing course names both brokers and salespersons, and the requirement applies to newly licensed individuals in both categories.
Licensees who transfer to inactive status within 180 days of initial licensure are not required to fulfill the 45-hour post-license requirement while inactive. They must complete it before transferring back to active status.
ABOUT THIS PAGE
Steven J. Desormeaux, Instructor and Director of EXCEL School of Real Estate in Lafayette, Louisiana. Excel School of Real Estate is licensed by the Louisiana Real Estate Commission, School #9150 and LCE 0242. Requirements on this page are taken from the Louisiana Real Estate Commission: the Post-Licensing Education Requirements page, the Continuing Education Requirements page, and the published Fine Citation Schedule. Last verified 7 September 2026.
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