Missouri Real Estate Broker Exam — All Questions

What continuing education must an active Missouri broker complete to renew, and how is it split?

• a.Twelve hours in the two-year license period, at least three of which are a core course✓
• b.Sixteen hours in the two-year license period, at least three of which are a core course
• c.Twelve hours in the two-year license period, at least six of which are a core course
• d.Twelve hours in each year of the license period, at least three of which are a core course

20 CSR 2250-10.100(1) requires each licensee holding an active license to complete "during the two (2)-year license period prior to renewal, as a condition precedent to license renewal, a minimum of twelve (12) hours of real estate instruction approved for continuing education credit by the Missouri Real Estate Commission," and 10.100(3) requires that "At least three (3) hours of the twelve (12) hours of approved instruction shall be taken in a course identified by the Missouri Real Estate Commission and noticed on its official website ... as a core course." 10.100(4) makes the balance elective. Section 339.040.8 carries the twelve hours at statute level, requiring evidence that "during the two years preceding he or she has completed twelve hours of real estate instruction in courses approved by the commission." Twelve hours covers the whole two-year period, not each year of it, and excess hours cannot be carried forward under 10.100(8).

The Missouri Real Estate Commission has designated Fair Housing as the core course topic for the 2026-2028 renewal period. What does that mean for a broker taking only one core course?

• a.That course must be Fair Housing, and it is required in addition to the twelve hours
• b.That course may be Fair Housing or any other approved core topic for the period
• c.That course must be Fair Housing only if the broker's practice includes residential sales
• d.That course must be Fair Housing, and it counts within the twelve required hours✓

The mechanism is the standing designation power in 20 CSR 2250-10.100(3), which requires at least three of the twelve hours to be "taken in a course identified by the Missouri Real Estate Commission and noticed on its official website, no later than March 31 of each even-numbered year as a core course for the following renewal period." Having designated Fair Housing for 2026-2028, the Commission states that if a licensee takes only one core course for that period it must be a Fair Housing course, while a licensee may choose to take all twelve hours as core courses. The designation names the topic; it does not add hours, so the three core hours sit inside the twelve rather than on top of them. The rule lists Fair Housing among the topics schools may submit when the Commission designates none, and the requirement turns on the renewal period rather than on the licensee's field of practice.