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To renew your Colorado real estate license, you must complete 24 hours of continuing education every 3 years, including Annual Commission Update (ACU). Renewal fees are $183. December 31 of expiration year. Renewal window opens before expiration. Most agents complete CE online through an approved provider.
Source of record: state board CE page
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Colorado Division of Real Estate mandatory ACU course — required every year (not every 3 years), total 12 hrs over the 3-year cycle at 4 hrs/year
Colorado DRE-approved CE providers; remaining 12 hrs over the 3-year cycle
First-time renewal?
No CE required during initial license year. No post-licensing education requirement (unlike some states).
The CE Shop offers first-renewal-specific packages for Colorado.
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Notes
24 hrs over 3-year cycle. Colorado is unusual: requires the 4-hr Annual Commission Update course EACH YEAR of the 3-year cycle (12 hrs total). Remaining 12 hrs are any approved CE. The calculator should treat CO as having annual sub-milestones within a 3-year renewal.
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Last reviewed: 2026-04-18