WA Post-Licensing: Real Estate Law
Newly licensed brokers in Washington are required to complete 90 hours of coursework before their first active renewal: 30 hours of advanced practices, 30 hours of real estate law, 27 hours of approved continuing education courses, and a three-hour core course.
This course fulfills the state's requirement for 30 hours of real estate law, and it’s divided into eight modules:
- Introduction to Washington Real Estate Law
- Licensing Law
- Agency Law in Washington
- Contracts
- Torts
- Practices and the Law
- Legal Environment
- Current Topics
Course highlights include:
- Specific roles of the real estate broker, designated broker, managing broker, and firm in the context of a real estate transaction
- Ethical, legal, and regulatory considerations in the practice of real estate
- Various agency situations described under RCW 18.86
- State agency law applications
- Appropriate use of contracts in real estate
- Representation agreements, listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, and compensation agreements
- Tort claims, including negligence, fraud and fraudulent concealment, intentional interference, and the Consumer Protection Act
- The many ways law affects real estate practices
- Current topics, including flood zones, property inspections, and consumer privacy
State Requirements For Washington
Washington State Requirement Details for Real Estate First Renewal Education
Hours Required by the state: 90 hours
Renewal for Brokers:
First Renewal:
- 30-hour Advanced Practices Course
- 30-hour Real Estate Law Course
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 6-hour Wasington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- 21 hours of other approved continuing education
You must start these hours after the date you're first licensed. If you haven't taken the initial 6-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course, you must take it first.
- Once you've taken the initial 6-hour course, you must take the 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing course each time you renew.
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3-hour Current Issues in Washington Residential Real Estate Course
- 3-hour Washington Real Estate Fair Housing Course
- At least 24 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
Inactive Renewals:
- No Continuing Education required to renew an inactive license.
- If you want to activate your license, you may need to meet the education requirements for an active license.
Renewal for Managing Brokers:
- At least 30 hours, including:
- 3–hour Core Course
- 3-hour Fair Housing Course
- At least 24 hours other approved continuing education
- At least 15 hours must be completed within 24 months of your renewal date.
- You may also use up to 15 hours of unused continuing education completed within 48 months of your renewal date.
- The hours must be started after the date of first licensure as a managing broker.
Washington State Department of Licensing
Street Address: 2000 Fourth Avenue West, Olympia, WA 98502
Mailing Address (Forms with no payments): P.O. Box 9021, Olympia, WA 98507-9021
Mailing Address (Forms with payments): P.O. Box 3917, Seattle, WA 98124-3917
Telephone: 360.664.6488
Fax: 360.586.0998