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🔄 License Status & Renewal Overview

This guide breaks down the different license statuses, how the renewal cycle works, and education required to maintain a current license.

Written by Jon Carissimo

Understanding your Florida real estate license status is key to staying in compliance and avoiding interruptions in your ability to practice.

🔎 Types of License Status

When you check your license on myfloridalicense.com, you’ll see one of the following statuses:

  • ✅ Active – You are eligible to legally practice real estate in Florida.

  • ⏸️ Inactive – You hold a valid license but are not affiliated with a broker, so you cannot actively practice until reactivated.

  • 🚫 Null & Void – Your license has been invalidated, usually because you missed a required post-licensing course.

  • 🛑 Expired – Your license has not been renewed by the required deadline and is currently not valid.

  • ❌ Suspended/Revoked – Disciplinary status due to violations. Contact DBPR for details.


🗓️ When Do Licenses Expire?

Florida real estate licenses follow a 2-year renewal cycle.

  • Renewal dates are either March 31 or September 30

  • Your exact expiration date is based on when your license was issued

  • You can verify your expiration and current status here:


🎓 Education Requirements by License Type

To maintain or reactivate your license, you’ll need to meet the following education requirements:

Sales Associate – First Renewal

  • 45-Hour Post-Licensing Course

  • Due by your first expiration date

Broker – First Renewal

  • 60-Hour Broker Post-Licensing Course

  • Due by your first expiration date of broker license

All Renewals After First Cycle

  • 14 Hours of Continuing Education (CE), including:

    • 3 hours of Core Law

    • 3 hours of Ethics

    • 8 hours of elective credit


🔄 What Happens If You Miss a Deadline?

  • Post-licensing not completed? Your license becomes null & void, and you must start over.

  • CE not completed? Your license becomes expired and must be reactivated with additional steps and fees.


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