During the 2019 Session of the General Assembly, the legislature enacted SB 1080, which recodifies Title 55 (Property and Conveyances) of the Code of Virginia. The Virginia Code Commission initiated the recodification process in 2016 and adopted its final report in 2018.
**UPDATED 9/19/2018**
Revised OSSP Regulations ONLY (effective 9/19/18): Amends the definition of “maintenance” to conform to a change made to the VDH statutory definition relating to onsite sewage systems.
**UPDATED 1/1/2018**
The Real Estate Board's Education Committee is responsible for reviewing applications from schools, courses, and instructors seeking Board approval. Meeting minutes are posted on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall.
In order to become licensed as a real estate salesperson by the Real Estate Board, applicants must:
The 2015 Virginia General Assembly approved HB 2295 to require certain active real estate licensees complete continuing education in “flood hazard areas and the National Flood Insurance Program” (Flood Instruction) as a condition for license renewal.
Real Estate Licensees who have completed all of their required Continuing Education (CE) credit hours--16 for a Salesperson and 24 for a Broker--in the previous licensure term, and who have completed extra credit hours in the last six months of that same licensure period, may qualify to "carry over" extra CE credit hours and apply them to their current licensure period.
The image below shows the methodology for determining if a licensee has carryover credit.
Section 54.1-2105.03 of the Code of Virginia requires all brokers and salespersons (who have renewed their license at least once before) to complete Board-approved Continuing Education to renew or activate their licenses.