How many hours of continuing education are required for Texas license renewal?
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12 hours
12 hours is insufficient under current Texas law; TREC increased the continuing education requirement to 18 hours, and selecting 12 hours reflects an outdated or incorrect understanding of current TREC rules.
18 hours
24 hours
24 hours exceeds the Texas requirement; while some states do require 24 hours of continuing education, Texas's current requirement is 18 hours per two-year renewal period, making this answer incorrect.
30 hours
30 hours is significantly more than Texas requires for license renewal continuing education; this number might be confused with the initial qualifying education hours required for certain license upgrades, but it is not the CE renewal requirement.
Why is this correct?
Under Texas Occupations Code § 1101.455 and TREC rules, Texas real estate sales agents and brokers are required to complete 18 hours of continuing education every two years to renew their license, which includes 4 hours of TREC Legal Update I and 4 hours of TREC Legal Update II as mandatory courses. Answer B (18 hours) is correct because it matches the current statutory and regulatory requirement established by TREC. The remaining 10 hours can be elective courses approved by TREC.
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