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WA Post-Licensing: Real Estate Law

$149
This product includes:
LICENSE RENEWAL PERIOD: 2 YEARS Elective Hours: 0 Mandatory Hours: 30 Total Hours: 30
Description
State Requirements

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

Package Content:

State Requirements For Washington

Washington State Requirement Details for Real Estate First Renewal Education

 Hours Required by the State: 90 hours

  • 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.

Provider Approval Number: S1633

The CE Shop’s Offering: 90 hours

Reporting: The state does not require schools to report course completions.

Expiration Date of Course: Course expiration dates vary by course. Each individual course will have an expiration date listed in your account. See Terms & Conditions for more details.

Certificates: Once The CE Shop has received the signed affidavit, your certificate of course completion will become available to download (and via email).  The CE Shop will provide students with an electronic certificate of completion, upon completion of the course. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies. Please refer to your license application to determine if you need to submit your certificate of completion with your license request. Course completion dates are recorded using Central Standard Time. Please note that the date of your certificate of completion will reflect this.

Final Exams: Final exams must be passed with a minimum of 70% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass. 

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

License Information

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Contact Washington Department of Licensing