Hawaii Real Estate CE Requirements, Explained

The base requirement: 20 hours every 2 years

The Hawaii Real Estate Commission requires brokers and salespersons to complete 20 hours of approved continuing education for each two-year license period to renew on active status. That total breaks into 6 hours for the Commission-designated core course and 14 hours of elective credit.

The core course and the no-repeat rule

• 6 of your 20 hours must be the Commission core course for the period.
• The Commission releases Core A in odd-numbered years and Core B in even-numbered years, at 3 credit hours each, so the core content rotates with the calendar.
• Under the Commission's rules, you cannot take a continuing education course for which you already received a certificate within two consecutive biennia - effectively, you can repeat a given course only every other biennium.
• The remaining 14 hours are electives chosen to satisfy the total without tripping the no-repeat rule.

First renewal and reactivation

A licensee first issued a Hawaii salesperson license in an even-numbered year who renews by that year's November 30 deadline is generally deemed to have met the CE requirement for that first renewal, so brand-new licensees are not double-charged at the start. Separately, anyone reactivating a license needs at least the full 20 credit hours - core course plus electives - to come back on active status.

When is your deadline?

Hawaii real estate licenses - including those held by corporations, partnerships, LLCs, LLPs, and sole proprietors - must be renewed by November 30 of even-numbered years, with CE completed before that date to renew on active status. Keep your certificates so you can prove both the core and elective hours, especially given the no-repeat rule.

How CredTally keeps this on autopilot

• Track the 20-hour total with a separate bucket for the 6-hour core course and your 14 elective hours.
• Store each certificate as you finish, filed with the credit it proves - and a record you can check against the no-repeat rule.
• Reminders at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before the November 30 even-year deadline.
• One-click export of a dated audit packet - summary plus every certificate - if the Commission or a broker asks.
• Licensed in Hawaii plus another state, or also an appraiser or MLO? Every license sits on its own card with its own deadline in one dashboard.

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