Oregon Real Estate Licensing
FAQs & Requirements

Brokers and Principal Brokers in Oregon are required to complete 30 hours of continuing education each two-year license cycle. If this is your first renewal, your CE must include the 3-hour Law and Rule Required Course (LARRC) and the 27-hour Broker Advanced Practices course. For all subsequent renewals, your 30 hours must include the 3-hour LARRC and 27 hours of electives.

Broker, Principal Broker, and Property Management licenses must be renewed every two years. However, your first license period will most likely be shorter. Your license always expires on the last day of the month that your birthday is in.

Your Oregon real estate license will expire on the last day of your month of birth, every other year.

1. Take the required continuing education
2. Enter the continuing education course information into eLicense
3. Renew your license in eLicense
4. Keep your certificates of completion for 3 years. (Your certificates will be available for you to reference or print for 5 years in our system.)

• $230 | Active license renewal
• $110 | Inactive license renewal

If you fail to renew your license before the license expiration day, you have one year to renew your license. Renew as you would for an active license, and pay the $30 late fee in addition to the $230 renewal fee.

No continuing education is required if your Oregon real estate license is inactive.

Oregon has reciprocal licensing agreements with the following states/provinces:

• Alabama
• Alberta
• Georgia
• Nebraska
• South Dakota

Contact OREA for more information

Qualifications:

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Have a high school diploma, GED, or international equivalent

Licensing Steps

• Register for an eLicense (eLicense is the Oregon Real Estate Agency online license management system.)
• Apply for a broker license and pay the $230 application fee. When the application is processed you will receive an Applicant ID number by email.
• Complete 150 hours of required broker pre-license education. Hours must be completed through an OREA approved provider
  • Give your Applicant ID number and full name to the provider.
  • The provider will make you eligible to take the license exam.
  • Only courses completed on or after January 1, 2013, meet licensing requirements.
• Contact PSI (testing services provider) to schedule and pay for the broker license exam.
• Pass both sections of the broker license exam.*
• Pay and get fingerprinted for the required background check while at the PSI testing center.*

* Please note: License exam scores and background check clearances are each good for one year. OREA will only issue a license while the relevant scores and background check clearance are valid.

Your license will be issued when:

• Your background check clears
• Your new principal broker adds your pending license to the business
• OREA completes a final review of your application

You will receive an email when your license is issued.