LICENSE RENEWAL INFORMATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

• For information about your license, or anyone else’s license go to IDFPR License Lookup.
• IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY AND RENEW YOUR LICENSE WITH THE IDFPR. The IDFPR emails notices when the system is open for license renewals.
• You have to be sponsored to renew your license. If you are not sponsored, get sponsored and renew your license together; otherwise, it will cause delays in processing.
• After you have completed ALL your education requirements renew your license IDFPR License Renewal when the system is open for renewal, the 90 days prior the 4/30 expiration date. 
• You DO NOT need certificates or transcripts to renew. 
  • You DO NOT send them in with your renewal.
  • You DO NOT need the course completions to be reported to renew. The State does not verify this when you renew.
  • The state DOES audit at a later date to find those who lied on their renewal and did not complete some or all, of their education requirements.
  • For those who DID NOT complete their education requirements (some or all) they make you complete it plus pay an initial fine of $25 per credit hour for every hour of education you did not complete.

REPORTING

• Your education completions are reported to the State of Illinois (IDFPR) and NOT to anyone else.
  • If you are a member of the NAR and want to use your NAR Ethics course completion for the biennial Code of Ethics requirement it is your responsibility to get the NAR Ethics Certificate of Completion to your local board to receive credit.
• All schools have until the 15th of the following month after the completion to report the completion.
  • If you search the IDFPR CE Lookup and it is not there before 15th of the following month when you completed it, check back after the 15th for verification.
  • If it is after the 15th of the month following the completion and not there, contact the school where you completed the CE.
  • Once you renew your CE completions automatically go into history file. Click on “Show History” in the upper right hand corner of page to see them.

STATE PROCEDURES

• The State DOES NOT mail printed licenses.
  • A number of days after you renew, you will receive an email from the IDFPR with instructions on how to Download/Print Your License.
  • You must get the original license to your Sponsoring Broker and print and/or carry an electronic copy of the license with you.
• Renew by 4/30 otherwise on 5/1 it will cost $50 more.
  • DO NOT renew if you have NOT completed your education requirement. You will get audited and even if you finish it you will pay a fine.
  • DO NOT conduct licensed activities if you do not renew. You can be disciplined for unlicensed practice.

EXPIRED LICENSE

• If you miss the 4/30 renewal deadline, do not worry. You have up to 5 years to reinstate/restore your license. To reinstate or restore an expired license requires completion of education courses, paying all the missed renewal fees, and a $50 reinstatement fee. The education requirements are:
  • Broker licenses expired for less than 2 years require 12-Hour Core & Elective CE.
    • NOTE: If you let your license expire for your first renewal and did not complete the Broker Post-License course you must do the Broker Post-License education instead of the 12 hour Core & Elective CE.
    • To reinstate your license use/submit this form 2020 Real Estate Broker Reinstatement Application 
  • Broker licenses expired for more than 2 years but less than 5 years require 12-Hour Core & Elective CE  PLUS the 30-Hour Broker Post-License course. 
    • To restore your license use/submit this form Restoration Application for LeasingAgent/Broker/Managing Broker 
  • Managing Broker licenses expired for less than 2 years require 24-Hour Managing Broker CE (12 hours of core & elective CE PLUS the 12 hour Broker Management CE course).
    • To reinstate your license use/submit this form 2019 Real Estate Managing Broker Reinstatement Application 
  • Managing Broker licenses expired for more than 2 years but less than 5 years require the 24-Hour Managing Broker CE (12 hours of core & elective CE PLUS the 12 hour Broker Management CE course) PLUS the 45-Hour Managing Broker License course. 
    • To restore your license use/submit this form Restoration Application for LeasingAgent/Broker/Managing Broker 
• Licenses expired for more than 5 years cannot be reinstated or restored. You must start from the beginning by doing the 75-Hour Broker Licensing course as if you never had a license before.

Return to the Broker Post-Licensing Page

Return to the Broker Continuing Education Page

Return to the Managing Broker Continuing Education Page