What is new about the Legal Update Course?

Real estate professionals who take the 2020 Legal Update course will learn key concepts related to contracts, agency and conflicts of interest. You will understand how real estate ownership, due diligence and land title matters, and tax considerations affect the professional services you provide to clients. The topic of First Nations land is also highlighted in the online component of the course.

Legal Update is part of the mandatory continuing education that real estate professionals must complete in order to maintain their licence. The course format consists of two parts: a preparatory online component followed by a one-day classroom component. You can expect to complete online assessments and participate in classroom activities that are created to develop skills for your day-to-day practice.

The 2020 version of Legal Update introduces greater flexibility by allowing you to tailor your online learning experience through an element called Adventures that relates concepts to a particular practice area. In addition, managing brokers will find flagged content to consider from their perspective.

I took the Legal Update 2019 Course. Do I need to take another Legal Update Course?

You only need to take one Legal Update Course during your licensing period. If you are licensed for more than one service category (Strata, Rental and/or Trading), you are only required to take Legal Update once.

Residential or Commercial, which course should you choose?

The residential course is intended for licensees who primarily deal with residential transactions, and the commercial course is customized for those who specialize in commercial properties.

About the RECBC licence

Your Real Estate Licence Number is assigned to you by the Real Estate Council of British Columbia (RECBC). You can look up your Licence Number using RECBC's online Licensee Search.

When you enter your Licence Number in the field, you will be shown the full name associated with the Licence Number according to the Real Estate Council of BC. If you think the name shown is in error, please either double-check that the Licence Number you entered is correct, or contact RECBC.

If your licence number is not found, and you are certain that the number you entered is correct, you can continue with the licence number you entered. Fill in your first and last name in the provided fields. Please be aware that if you choose to enroll in a course with a licence number that can't be found, your enrollment request may be subject to additional scrutiny.

About the Real Estate Board information

Please select your primary Real Estate Board and enter your Board membership number. This will help determine the classroom components for which you are eligible to enrol, and will help your member board in tracking your completion of Legal Update.

The Membership ID (or member board number) is the unique identifier that has been assigned to you by your Real Estate Board. The name of this number varies from Board to Board. Here are some examples:

• BC Northern Real Estate Board: "Paragon® Username"
• Kootenay Real Estate Board: "KREB MLS® Username"
• Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver: "Member Number (V#)"
• South Okanagan Real Estate Board: "User ID for INTERFACE™"
• Victoria Real Estate Board: "VREB MLS® ID"

If you are not a member of any board, please select "NONE" from the Real Estate Board list.

About the Legal Update course schedule

The Legal Update course consists of two (2) components: an online component hosted by UBC, Sauder School of Business, Real Estate Division, and a classroom component hosted by real estate boards and external providers. The online sessions are accessed through the internet, and as such, do not vary in location, and are the same regardless of your primary Real Estate Board selection. The selection of classroom session(s) that will be available to you is determined by your Real Estate Board selection.

Please note that the frequency and number of classroom sessions offered varies from Board to Board.

About the UBC Student Number

The online portion of the Legal Update course is hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC). A UBC Student Number is required to take any course at UBC. To retrieve your UBC Student Number you can use the Real Estate Division's Student Number Retrieval site, or you can contact the University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business (Real Estate Division).

If you do not have a UBC Student Number, leave this field blank, and you will be assigned a new UBC Student Number.

Why does UBC require your date of birth?

The University of British Columbia uses your date of birth as the password for their online course system.

RECBC Continuing Professional Education registration site terms of use

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