How do I renew my real estate appraiser license?

You renew through your state appraiser regulatory agency, and each state sets its own cycle, which ranges from one to four years, though most states use two years. Continuing education is required for renewal, and the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course must be completed once every two calendar years to maintain the credential. States may impose additional requirements beyond the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) minimums, such as a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course.

Alabama appraisers renew their licenses annually by license year, online through the Board's portal or by mail using the Annual Renewal Fee Notice form. The annual license fee is $335 for Trainee and State Registered appraisers and $375 for Licensed, Certified Residential, and Certified General appraisers; that fee includes the $40 National Registry fee. Fees are payable during September, and a $250 delinquent charge applies if the fee is not paid by October 31. Every two years you must also complete 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-hour National USPAP Update course.

Arizona appraiser licenses and certificates renew every two years. Renewal costs $425 for a license or certificate and $300 for a trainee registration, and a delinquent renewal adds $25. Within each two-year period you must complete your continuing education, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, and Arizona allows all appraisal education hours, including USPAP, to be completed online.

Registered Apprentice and State Registered credentials renew annually by December 31; State Licensed, Certified Residential, and Certified General credentials renew by June 30. On-time renewal costs $125 for RA/SR and $265 for SL/CR/CG, which includes the $40 National Registry fee. RA/SR renewal requires 14 hours of CE per year, and SL/CR/CG requires 28 hours every two years, plus a current USPAP Update. Beginning January 1, 2026, all renewals also require a 7-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing class.

Submit the REA 3012 License Renewal Application to the California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA); you should file about 90 days before expiration. On-time renewal fees are $850 for Trainee, $955 for Licensed Residential, and $1,030 for Certified Residential and Certified General. You must also keep up continuing education: 56 hours per four-year cycle, including a 7-hour National USPAP Update every two years and the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course (7 hours the first time, 4 hours each cycle thereafter).

Colorado appraiser licenses renew every 2 years. The renewal window runs November 15 to December 31 of the year before the expiration date on your license, with a grace period through January 31. Renewal requires 28 hours of Board-approved continuing education, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course and a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course. The renewal fee is $263 for Licensed, Certified Residential, and Certified General Appraisers.

Renew through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation's online licensing portal, paying the renewal fee and showing proof of completed continuing education. Florida requires board-approved continuing education each cycle, including a USPAP update course and a Florida Appraisal Laws and Regulations course. If your credential was issued shortly before the renewal deadline, no continuing education is owed for that cycle, but the fee is still due.

Georgia appraiser classifications renew every year by the last day of your birth month. Renewing to active status requires 14 hours of Board-approved continuing education, with the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course required in every two consecutive renewal periods. Mail-in renewal costs $140 for Licensed, Certified Residential, and Certified General appraisers, and $100 for Registered and Trainee appraisers; online renewals are $25 less. You can renew online up to 120 days before the due date, and a mail-in renewal must be postmarked by the due date or the classification lapses.

Renew through the board's online system by June 30 of your renewal year. Active renewal requires at least 28 credit hours of board-approved continuing education per two-year cycle, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course and the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course; carryover hours are not allowed. Licenses initially issued after June 30, 2024, expire biennially on June 30. The board may send notice about 45 days before expiration, but renewing on time is your responsibility whether or not you receive one.

Kentucky appraiser credentials renew on a two-year cycle, due July 1 of each odd-numbered calendar year. You must pay the $1,100 biennial renewal fee and complete 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-hour National USPAP course and a 4-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course. Submit your CE certificates to the board by May 31 of the odd year; missing that date adds a $400 late fee, and missing July 1 adds $200.

Maryland appraiser licenses renew on a 3-year cycle, by the third anniversary of issuance and every 3 years after that. Complete all 42 hours of continuing education before filing any renewal application, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course and 3 hours on racial discrimination and implicit bias. The Commission emails a renewal application about 60 days before expiration. Renewal costs $250 plus the $120 National Registry fee, or $150 for a trainee license.

Renew online through the eLIPSE portal, which shows the renew option only within 90 days of your license expiration date. All renewal applicants must complete 28 hours of Board-approved continuing education, including a 7-hour Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) update course, and submit a Division of Occupational Licensure CORI form. The renewal fee is $350 for Certified General, Certified Residential, and State Licensed appraisers, or $113 for Trainees, and a $57 late fee applies if the renewal is received after the expiration date.

Renew online through Michigan's licensing portal no sooner than 90 days before the license expires. Appraiser licenses expire every two years on July 31, and the renewal fee is $250 for Limited Appraisers and $350 for State Licensed, Certified Residential, and Certified General appraisers. You must complete 28 hours of continuing education in the 24 months before expiration, including the 7-hour National USPAP update and, beginning January 1, 2026, a valuation bias and fair housing course of at least 4 hours. Payment must be by debit or credit card or e-check; mailed payments are not accepted.

Renew your Minnesota appraiser license online at Pulse Portal between July 1 and August 31 at 11:59 PM Central time; you cannot renew before July 1, and there is no grace period for either continuing education or renewal. Residents should finish all CE, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, by August 15 so providers can upload completions before the deadline. Nonresidents must email all CE course completion certificates to the Department of Commerce before 11:59 PM Central on August 31.

Montana appraiser licenses expire March 31 each year, with a renewal window of February 1 through March 31; renewals should be completed online through the board's licensing portal. Every other renewal, you must document at least 28 hours of board-approved continuing education, including the 7-hour National USPAP update course. Effective January 1, 2026, all appraisers must also complete a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course: 7 hours the first time, then 4 hours each two-year cycle.

Nebraska appraiser credentials expire December 31 each year. The AQB Criteria require the equivalent of 14 hours of continuing education per year, or 28 hours over a two-year cycle, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course once every two calendar years. Each renewal also includes the annual $40 National Registry fee, which the state remits to the ASC.

Nevada appraisal credentials are valid for 2 years after the first day of the first calendar month following issuance, with no grace period. To renew, you must complete 30 hours of Commission-approved continuing education, including the 7-hour National USPAP Update Course, within the 2 years before applying. Renewal fees are $335 for a Licensed or Certified Residential credential, $435 for Certified General, and $205 for an intern registration. Renewing within 1 year after expiration requires 150% of the renewal fee; after that, you must apply as for an original credential.

Licensed and certified appraisers renew online every two years; New Jersey licenses expire in December of odd-numbered years. The renewal costs $630, comprising a $550 biennial renewal fee plus an $80 federal National Registry surcharge. Each cycle requires 28 hours of continuing education: the 7-hour Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) update course, a 2-hour New Jersey law and rules course, and 19 hours of Board-approved electives. Trainee permits renew annually instead, at $100, with 14 hours of continuing education required each year.

You can renew your New York real estate appraiser license online, starting 90 days before the expiration date printed on the license. Before renewing, you must complete 28 hours of approved continuing education, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course and a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course. The renewal fee is $330 for appraiser categories and $250 for Appraiser Assistants. Renewing more than 30 days after expiration adds a $200 penalty, and a license expired more than 2 years cannot be renewed.

North Carolina appraiser licenses renew each year between May 1 and June 30 for a $200 fee, plus $60 if you want to stay on the National Registry for federally related transactions. You must complete 28 hours of continuing education per two-year cycle, including the 7-Hour National USPAP course and the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course, and the required CE must be done by May 31 to renew on time. If the license lapses on June 30, you can late renew within 12 months by paying a $10 per month late fee; from 12 months to 5 years out, you must apply for reinstatement instead.

Ohio appraiser credentials renew every two years under House Bill 238, effective April 9, 2025. The renewal fee is $330 for licensed and certified appraisers ($250 plus an $80 federal registry fee) and $100 for registered assistants, and you must file electronically through the Division's online LPI Portal. The 2027 renewal requires 28 hours of continuing education: 7 hours of USPAP, 7 hours of Valuation Bias and Fair Housing, and 14 hours of other approved courses. A $125 late fee ($50 for assistants) applies if you file after expiration but within three months.

Licenses and certificates renew every 2 years on or before the last day of the holder's birth month. Renewal requires the $640 renewal fee, a complete application with a current passport-style color photo, and 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-Hour National USPAP course. Effective January 1, 2026, renewal applicants must also complete a 7-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course. A renewal received after expiration but within 1 year incurs a $500 late fee; after 1 year, the credential terminates and the holder must reapply.

Pennsylvania appraiser certificates and trainee licenses expire June 30 of every odd-numbered year, and you renew through the Board's online licensing system, PALS. The Board emails renewal notices 30-45 days before expiration. Renewal requires 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, 2 hours on Pennsylvania law and Board regulations, and a 7-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course (4 hours for renewals beginning June 30, 2029). The renewal fee is $150 for a licensed appraiser trainee and $305 for certified residential and general appraisers.

South Dakota appraiser credentials expire on September 30 each year. File your renewal application between July 2 and August 16 and pay the renewal fee, for example $325 for a state-licensed appraiser or $335 for a certified residential appraiser. In each odd-numbered year you must also document 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-hour USPAP update course completed by July 1 of each even-numbered year. Late renewal is allowed within 6 months of expiration for an extra $25 per month, capped at $200.

File the renewal application through your CORE account with the Tennessee Real Estate Appraiser Commission, pay the renewal fee ($125 for a Registered Trainee, $405 for licensed and certified appraisers), and submit a certification of 28 hours of continuing education. Seven of those hours must be the 7-Hour USPAP Update course, and the 15-hour USPAP course cannot substitute for it. Renew before the first of the month prior to your expiration date, or you fall off the federal Appraisal Subcommittee's National Registry.

Texas appraiser licenses renew every two years. You must complete 28 hours of acceptable continuing education during the license term, including a 7-hour National USPAP Update course, and submit fingerprints for a criminal history check at renewal. The timely renewal fee totals $258 for a Trainee, $490 for Licensed Residential, $550 for Certified Residential, or $650 for Certified General. You may renew up to six months after expiration, but late renewals cost more.

Utah appraiser credentials expire on a rolling monthly schedule rather than a single statewide renewal date, and the Division of Real Estate offers both renewal and reinstatement paths. To renew, you must complete your continuing education, which includes the 7-Hour National USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) Update Course once every two calendar years. After renewal, the license can take 30-35 days to appear on the ASC National Registry.

Vermont certified appraiser licenses renew every two years, due May 31 of even years, on payment of the $275 renewal fee and completion of the Appraiser Qualifications Board's minimum continuing education (28 hours per two-year cycle, including the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course). If you miss the renewal date, you may renew within 30 days by paying an added late renewal penalty. Trainee registrations follow a different cycle and renew annually on October 31.

To renew your license, complete at least 28 hours of Board- or Appraiser Qualifications Board-approved continuing education during each two-year term, including the 7-hour National USPAP update course and a Valuation Bias and Fair Housing course of at least 7 hours the first time and 4 hours thereafter. The Board must receive your renewal fee within 30 days of the expiration date, or you must pay a reinstatement fee; two years after expiration, you must reapply as a new applicant.

Renew online through SecureAccess Washington (SAW) or by mail using the Real Estate Appraiser/Appraiser Trainee Renewal Affidavit with the renewal fee. Licenses expire every 2 years on your birthday, and you can renew up to 120 days before expiration. Each renewal requires 28 hours of continuing education, including the 7-hour USPAP Update course and the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations course. As of October 2026, the renewal fee is $980 for a licensed or certified appraiser and $400 for a trainee, with a $76 late penalty.

Renew online through Wisconsin's LicensE portal at license.wi.gov; renewals open approximately 4 weeks before your credential expires. All three appraiser credentials renew by December 14 of each odd-numbered year, and the individual renewal fee is $16. You must complete 28 hours of approved continuing education per biennium, including the most recent 7-Hour USPAP Update course; if your credential was first issued mid-biennium, 14 hours per full or partial year is required.