Do You Need to Renew Your Real Estate License?

The Internet is an excellent source of information for people who want to know if their license has expired. Online sites provide useful information about renewal dates, requirements, and often times complete paperwork for you. The renewal forms can be filled out at home or at the office and mailed in for submission to the government's Department of Real Estate.

Online sites and phone numbers are available for public information. Most of the available information is free and very easy to understand. For example, if a person wants to renew a license that was given out by the California Secretary of State, it will be listed under a section of the site that lists online sites. The website does have links to other web sites that offer more detailed information.

Once the license is renewed online, the website will send the new renewal form back to the Secretary of State. The person who renewed his or her license will then have to mail the form in to the proper address listed on the form. While waiting for the new license to arrive in the mail, the person will be able to continue on with his or her business.

For those people who do not know what happens after their license expires, they may find themselves subpoenaed to appear in court hearings, when they do not wish to testify at all. If the person does not wish to appear in court for any reason, he or she may hire an attorney and pay the cost of the attorney. The attorney will do the questioning of the person who gave the license and will go over the terms of the license.

The person who gave the license may do this as well. Sometimes, the hearing will take place just a few hours after the person gave the license. The hearing is on whether or not the license should be allowed to be renewed.

When the license is expired, the holder of the license is not allowed to renew it again. One of the reasons the license cannot be renewed is when it was issued while a person was under felony charges. In many cases, the criminal charges will be dropped, but the person still must wait until the case is closed out.

If the license holder is on probation or parole, the person must also wait to renew the license. This is usually done through the Department of Corrections. It is also important to know that there are certain people who have had their licenses suspended and cannot renew it.

The reasons why a license cannot be renewed vary. Sometimes the person who needs to renew the license is out of the country or overseas. Other times, the license needs to be redone, because it is expired.

Other times, the license is revoked because the person did something illegal or violated a rule, such as driving without insurance. The license will only be revoked if the person committed a crime that caused them to be put on probation or some other type of punishment.

Before you can renew your license, you must have completed all of the classes for it, or obtain the required number of hours of training, whichever comes first. Once you complete the coursework or hours of training, the Department of Real Estate will renew your license for you.

The online renewal sites are always there and they are updated frequently. If you have questions about the renewal process, you can email them or call. There are no fees associated with using these sites and they are really very simple to use.

It can be difficult to renew a real estate license, but it doesn't have to be. Use online renewal sites to help you get started.