Real Estate agents and appraisers can find prelicensing and continuing education courses on the Pulse Portal.
Insurance producers and adjusters can find approved prelicensing and continuing education courses on the Sircon website.
Beginning January 1, 2019, Pearson VUE will administer prelicense examinations for appraiser, insurance, and real estate license candidates. To schedule an examination please contact Pearson VUE at 833-273-1946 or visit Pearson VUE.
BLOOMINGTON 5601 Green Valley Drive, Suite 150
BRAINERD 501 West College Drive
BROOKLYN PARK 7101 Northland Circle, Suite 102 Triad Building
EAGAN 3459 Washington Drive, Suite 107
HERMANTOWN 4815 West Arrowhead Road, Suite 100
MARSHALL 1501 State Street
PINE CITY 900 4TH Street SE
ROCHESTER 1544 Greenview Drive SW, Suite 200
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY 651 1st Ave & 6th St South Room 218
ST. PAUL 2610 University Avenue W, Suite 400
For information on what you need to bring to the testing center on the day of your examination, please go to Pearson VUE and review the candidate handbook for your license type.
Before sitting for a licensing exam, insurance producer applicants must first complete the 20 hours of insurance pre-license education per line of authority.
Before registering for the prelicense education, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for prelicense education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.sircon.com.
As an insurance producer licensee, you will have continuing education requirements that must be completed before the expiration date on your license. Producers must complete 24 hours of insurance continuing education before their license renewal deadline, and at least 12 of those hours must not be sponsored by, offered by, or affiliated with an insurance company or its agents.;
A licensee must obtain 3 hours of the credit hours per licensing period from a class or classes in the area of ethics.
Before registering for any continuing education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for continuing education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.sircon.com
No prelicensing education is required for Adjusters
As an insurance adjuster licensee, you will have continuing education requirements that must be completed before the expiration date on your license. Adjusters must complete 24 hours of insurance continuing education before their license renewal deadline, and at least 12 of those hours must not be sponsored by, offered by, or affiliated with an insurance company or its agents.
A licensee must obtain 3 hours of the credit hours per licensing period from a class or classes in the area of ethics.
Before registering for any continuing education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for continuing education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.sircon.com.
You must successfully complete the 8 hour Closing Procedures course before applying for your license.
Before registering for any prelicense education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for prelicense education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.pulseportal.com.
No continuing education is required for closers.
You must successfully complete the 30-hour broker course before applying for your license. You must apply for your broker's license within 12 months of completing the course. Otherwise, you will need to retake it and successfully complete it again.
Before registering for the broker course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for prelicense education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.pulseportal.com.
As a real estate licensee, you will have continuing education requirements that must be completed before June 30 each year (except for the first June 30 that occurs after you become licensed for the first time or become newly relicensed after your license was inactive for more than two years). In general, real estate brokers must complete 30 hours of real estate continuing education before their June 30 license renewal deadline, and at least 15 of those hours must be completed before the previous June 30. Continuing education must be taken in the appropriate license period; extra hours or courses do not carry over into the next period or satisfy future renewal requirements.
As part of the 15 hours each license year, a real estate broker must complete a specific general module continuing education course and a specific broker module continuing education course (if one is required for that year). As part of the 30 hours required for license renewal, a real estate broker must successfully complete at least one hour of training in courses in laws or regulations on agency representation and disclosure (“Agency Laws”), and at least one hour of training in courses in state and federal fair housing laws, regulations, and rules, other anti-discrimination laws, or courses designed to help licensees to meet the housing needs of immigrant and other underserved populations (“Fair Housing”).
"Commercial-only" brokers and salespersons who are engaged solely in the commercial real estate business and whose commercial-only status has been verified with the Commerce Department through the required filing do not have to complete a course on agency law, a course on fair housing, and a specific module training course, but must fulfill all other continuing education requirements.
The instructions that the broker must follow in order to submit the required filing can be found in the "Becoming a Licensed Real Estate Broker" section of this guide.
Before registering for any continuing education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for continuing education credit.
Course offerings can be found at www.pulseportal.com.
There are three courses that you must successfully complete before you apply for a real estate salesperson license, known as "Course I," "Course II," and "Course III." Each course consists of 30 hours of instruction. You must successfully complete Course I before taking the salesperson's examination. You must successfully complete Course II and Course III before applying for your license.
Before registering for any prelicense education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for prelicense education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.pulseportal.com.
As a real estate licensee, you will have continuing education requirements that must be completed before June 30 each year (except for the first June 30 that occurs after you become licensed for the first time or become newly relicensed after your license was inactive for more than two years). In general, real estate salespersons must complete 30 hours of real estate continuing education before their June 30 license renewal deadline, and at least 15 of those hours must be completed before the previous June 30. Continuing education must be taken in the appropriate license period; extra hours or courses do not carry over into the next period or satisfy future renewal requirements.
As part of the 15 hours each license year, a real estate salesperson must complete a specific general module continuing education course. As part of the 30 hours required for license renewal, a real estate salesperson must successfully complete at least one hour of training in courses in laws or regulations on agency representation and disclosure (“Agency Laws”), and at least one hour of training in courses in state and federal fair housing laws, regulations, and rules, other antidiscrimination laws, or courses designed to help licensees to meet the housing needs of immigrant and other underserved populations (“Fair Housing”).
"Commercial-only" brokers and salespersons who are engaged solely in the commercial real estate business and whose commercial-only status has been verified with the Commerce Department through the required filing do not have to complete a course on agency law, a course on fair housing, and a specific module training course, but must fulfill all other continuing education requirements.
The instructions that the broker must follow in order to submit the required filing can be found in the "Becoming a Licensed Real Estate Broker" section of this guide.
Registering for courses
Before registering for any continuing education course, you must ensure that the course provider is active and in good standing with the Commerce Department, and that the Commerce Department has approved the course for continuing education credit. Course offerings can be found at www.pulseportal.com.
Important Notice for all Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons and Minnesota-Approved Real Estate License Education Providers
Here is additional information concerning the required 2022-2023 continuing education module training course. There is one 3.75-hour module course that both salespersons and brokers must complete. Completion of this course will also satisfy the 1-Hour Broker Module Requirement. In other words, there will be no separate broker module course for 2022-2023. Completion of this course will also satisfy the 1 hour of Fair Housing and 1 hour of Agency Law as required in §82.61.(c):(1) (2).
Please note that commercial-only salespersons and brokers are exempt from these module requirements and must apply for the commercial-only waiver when the broker submits verification of this between April 1st and June 30th each year on Pulse Portal at www.pulseportal.com. Additional information can be found in the real estate section.
All non-exempt salespersons and brokers must complete this general module course before June 30, 2023.
Additional details:
View a detailed course outline
Here is additional information concerning the required 2021-2022 continuing education module training course. There is one 3.75-hour module course that both salespersons and brokers must complete. Completion of this course will also satisfy the 1-Hour Broker Module Requirement. In other words, there will be no separate broker module course for 2021-2022. Completion of this course will also satisfy the 1 hour of Fair Housing as required in Minn. Stat. § 82.61.(c) (2).
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All non-exempt salespersons and brokers must complete this general module course before June 30, 2022.
Additional details:
None Required
Trainee
| Basic appraisal principles | 30 hours |
| Basic appraisal procedures | 30 hours |
| The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent | 15 hours |
| Trainee level total education requirements | 75 hours (plus) |
| Minnesota Supervisor/Trainee Appraiser Course (This Additional Required Course will not count toward qualifying education to upgrade to a higher level appraiser license.) |
None Required
None Required
A minimum of 30 credit hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved courses. The 30 hours must include completion of the 7-hour national USPAP update course as required in Minnesota Minnesota Statute 82B.19
*The 15 hour USPAP course cannot be used to satisfy the requirement to complete the 7-hour national USPAP update course.
None required
Licensed Residential
| Basic appraisal principles | 30 hours |
| Basic appraisal procedures | 30 hours |
| The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent | 15 hours |
| Residential market analysis and highest and best use | 15 hours |
| Residential appraiser site valuation and cost approach | 15 hours |
| Residential sales comparison and income approaches | 30 hours |
| Residential report writing and case studies | 15 hours |
| Licensed level total education requirements | 150 hours |
*The “Minnesota Supervisor/Trainee Appraiser Course” must not be counted toward qualifying education to upgrade to a higher level appraiser license.
As a prerequisite for licensing as a licensed real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 1,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 6 months.
An applicant for a licensed real property appraiser license must pass a current uniform licensed real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
A minimum of 30 credit hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved courses. The 30 hours must include completion of the 7-hour national USPAP update course as required in Minnesota Statute 82B.19
*The 15 hour USPAP course cannot be used to satisfy the requirement to complete the 7-hour national USPAP update course.
Before sitting for a licensing exam, certified residential Appraiser applicants must first complete the 200 hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved appraiser pre-license education. The courses must have a particular emphasis on the appraisal of one to four unit residential properties, must include completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course; and
The college-level education specified in the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria. Refer to the Summary of Changes document to see the available options.
*The “Minnesota Supervisor/Trainee Appraiser Course” must not be counted toward qualifying education to upgrade to a higher level appraiser license.
Certified Residential
| Basic appraisal principles | 30 hours |
| Basic appraisal procedures | 30 hours |
| The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent | 15 hours |
| Residential market analysis and highest and best use | 15 hours |
| Residential appraiser site valuation and cost approach | 15 hours |
| Residential sales comparison and income approaches | 30 hours |
| Residential report writing and case studies | 15 hours |
| Statistics, modeling, and finance | 15 hours |
| Advanced residential applications and case studies | 15 hours |
| Appraiser subject matter electives | 20 hours |
| (May include hours over minimum shown above in other modules) | |
| Certified Residential level total education requirements | 200 hours |
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified residential real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 1,500 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 12 months.
An applicant for a certified residential real property appraiser license must pass a current uniform certified residential real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
A minimum of 30 credit hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved courses. The 30 hours must include completion of the 7-hour national USPAP update course as required in Minnesota Statute 82B.19
*The 15 hour USPAP course cannot be used to satisfy the requirement to complete the 7-hour national USPAP update course.
Before sitting for a licensing exam, certified residential Appraiser applicants must first complete the 300 hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved appraiser pre-license education. The courses must have a particular emphasis on the appraisal of nonresidential properties. The 300 hours must include completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course; and
A bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
Certified General
| Basic appraisal principles | 30 hours |
| Basic appraisal procedures | 30 hours |
| The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent | 15 hours |
| General appraiser market analysis and highest and best use | 30 hours |
| Statistics, modeling, and finance | 15 hours |
| General appraise sales comparison approach | 30 hours |
| General appraiser site valuation and cost approach | 30 hours |
| General appraiser income approach | 60 hours |
| General appraiser report writing and case studies | 30 hours |
| Appraisal subject matter electives | 30 hours |
| (May include hours over minimum shown above in other modules) | |
| Certified General level total education requirements | 300 hours |
*The “Minnesota Supervisor/Trainee Appraiser Course” must not be counted toward qualifying education to upgrade to a higher level appraiser license.
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 3,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 18 months. At least 50 percent, or 1,500 hours, must be in nonresidential appraisal work.
An applicant for a certified general real property appraiser license must pass a current uniform certified general real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
All applicants must complete the applicable education prerequisites and the experience requirements before sitting for the examination.
A minimum of 30 credit hours of Minnesota Department of Commerce pre-approved courses. The 30 hours must include completion of the 7-hour national USPAP update course as required in Minnesota Statute 82B.19
*The 15 hour USPAP course cannot be used to satisfy the requirement to complete the 7-hour national USPAP update course.
