All Realtors must successfully complete a two-and-a-half hour course in ethics by December 31. The policy requires that Realtors take ethics training within given four-year cycles and continue to update their education in successive four-year periods thereafter.
The first four-year cycle ends Dec. 31. Realtors who complete the training during a given four-year cycle are not required to complete further training during the same cycle, even if they join another Realtor association. New members who complete a Code of Ethics course upon being admitted to their local association do not have to complete additional training until the next four-year cycle.
Failure to complete the ethics training is a violation of membership, and membership may be suspended until the training is completed.
Area real estate associations are offering assistance in locating classes and several are conducting their own sessions.