All active salespersons not subject to Salesperson Annual Education (SAE) requirements are required to complete MCE for an active license renewal. The MCE requirement is 15 classroom (clock) hours of TREC approved MCE courses. At least six of the 15 hours must be in legal topics. A licensee cannot obtain credit for a course that was not approved for MCE at the time the course was conducted. A course may not be repeated for credit during the same license period. Providers are allowed 10 days to submit proof of course taken.

All salespersons with an active license as of January 1, 2005, who are not subject to annual education requirements, are required to take a three hour legal update course and a three hour legal ethics course created for and approved by TREC to satisfy the six legal hours of mandatory continuing education required by Occupations Code §1101.455 for the next and all subsequent renewals of a license after January 1, 2005. Thus a salesperson may, but is not required to, attend the required legal courses for his or her first renewal after the effective date. The salesperson is required to take the courses for subsequent renewals.

If you are not required to take the new TREC legal and ethics courses for your first renewal after January 1, 2005, you may use any current TREC-approved course with a legal component, Core, MCLE, and Out of State Course to fulfill the MCE legal requirements for that renewal. You may only use the TREC Legal and Ethics Courses to fulfill the MCE legal requirement for subsequent renewals of your license.

MCE course providers are responsible for notifying TREC when a licensee has completed an MCE course. However, if you are seeking MCE elective credit for the following types of courses, you must forward your documentation to TREC:

• Core real estate course
• Out of state continuing education course
• A course approved by the State Bar of Texas for MCLE participatory credit

A salesperson that completes a core real estate course to satisfy MCE requirements, must file the course completion certificate with TREC.
Texas licensees who hold a license in another state and have completed continuing education to renew the out of state license may have those courses evaluated for MCE elective credit. An MCE Credit Request for an Out of State Course form and the course completion certificate, should be submitted to request such credit.

Salespersons who complete real estate courses of at least 1 hour in length which are approved by the State Bar of Texas for MCLE participatory credit, can apply to TREC for elective credit for those courses. An MCE Credit Request for State Bar Courses form and the course completion documentation should be submitted to request such credit.

If the renewal fee is paid and a license is renewed in an active status the required MCE hours must be completed during the term of the license. If not, the licensee will be subject to a $200.00 penalty fee and completion of the required MCE hours. If the fee is not paid and the hours not completed, within 60 days of the expiration date of the license being renewed, the licensee will be subject to disciplinary action.