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  • Is Your Continuing Education Provider Certified?
    Oregon Landscape Requirements for Brokers, Principal Brokers and Property Managers
    Any continuing education hours completed on or after January 1, 2011 must be from a certified continuing education provider. Additionally, all real estate licensees must take the new three-hour Law and Rule Required Course.

    The Agency encourages all real estate licensees to check that a continuing education course provider is certified prior to taking a continuing education course.
  • Stay Informed! Receive Agency News by E-mail
    Picture of the Oregon Real Estate News-Journal Subscribe to the Agency's E-mail Publication Services.
    The Real Estate Agency offers four e-mail subscription services.

    The Oregon Real Estate News-Journal, Commissioner's Bulletin, Educators' Informational Updates, and Administrative Rule Update Service keep licensees and interested members of the public informed by the Real Estate Agency.
  • New Year, New Law
    Happy New Year image 2012 brings affirmative duties for property management activity.
    Senate Bill 156 became effective January 1, 2012. It establishes affirmative duties that property managers owe to property owners. A "property manager" includes any real estate licensee who engages in the management of rental real estate. An affirmative duty is a special duty of care.

    The new law creates an agency relationship between a property manager and a property owner.
Real Estate Licensee Resources
License Renewal
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If your license expires this month, renew your license online from the comfort of your home or office computer. Select the "Online License Renewal" link below. (If you have previously registered but forgot your username and password, you can register again.)

To renew a license after its expiration date, select "Late License Renewal" below.
Continuing Education Requirements
Continuing education is required for active license renewals. Brokers, principal brokers and property managers must complete 30 hours of continuing education every two years. Continuing education must be taken from certified continuing education providers.
Forms and Publications
View Agency forms and publications available online. Fill out most forms online, and then print them. Sign-up for e-mail subscriptions for publications, such as the Oregon Real Estate News-Journal, and receive the newest issue to your e-mail inbox.
Statutes and Rules
Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) chapter 696 and Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) chapter 863 are the laws and rules that govern your real estate license.
Licensee and Registered Business Name Search
Use to find out the license status, contact information and company association for individual real estate licensees. Also get contact information and a list of associated licensees for registered business names (real estate companies).
Announcements and Topics of Interest
Investigations and Compliance Issues - Presentation
The Oregon Real Estate Agency's slide presentation given at the Oregon Association of Realtors-sponsored event now available.
Office Closures
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The current recession has reduced state revenues, and has forced the legislature to make deep cuts in agency budgets. Coping with these cuts requires us to close our office on certain days in addition to normal holidays.
Short Sale Negotiators and Foreclosure Consultants FAQs
These questions and answers represent a majority of the specific issues contained in the questions that were collected at the Foreclosure Fraud Symposium held in March 2010. The answers represent a collaborative effort between the Oregon Real Estate Agency, the Oregon Department of Justice, and the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
The Condominium Form of Ownership in Oregon
A "condominium" is a special form of property ownership which is created and governed in Oregon by statute (ORS 100.005 to 100.910 and 100.990), known as the "Oregon Condominium Act."