PE: 3-Hour District of Columbia

NMLS Course Number: 11192

Pre-Licensure Education Requirements

New state-licensed MLOs are required to complete 20 hours of NMLS-approved education. This education must include:

• 3 hours of Federal law
• 3 hours of ethics (which shall include fraud, consumer protection, and fair lending issues)
• 2 hours of non-traditional mortgage lending
• 9 hours of undefined education (referred to as electives)
• 3 hours of DC law.

Number of hours is 3/3/2/9/+ 3hrs of DC law = 20

DC has a requirement for 3 hours of instruction on state-specific law which may be satisfied by either taking a DC comprehensive course or a state-specific elective course.