California DFPI: NMLS Continuing Education Requirements & Training
Number of Hours Required
8 Hours (7 Hour Federal + 1 hour CA-DFPI)
State-Specific Requirement
1-Hr CA-DFPI
Deadline to Complete CE
December 31
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CA-DFPI continuing Education Course
This is the state-specific education requirement for CA-DFPI.
California Department of Business Oversight Details for Mortgage Loan Originator Continuing Education
Diehl Mortgage Training and Compliance is an NMLS-approved provider for continuing education in California.
Continuing Education and License Renewal Date: 12/31 annually
Hours Required by The State: 8 hours per year
Diehl Mortgage Training and Compliance Offering: 8 hours
Seat Time: The NMLS requires that all students spend a minimum amount of seat time engaged in the course content. Our online course delivery system manages this requirement for you.
Reporting: Course completions are reported to the NMLS. The state requires schools to report course completions within seven days from the course completion date. Course completions will be reported within this time frame and often within 48-72 business hours. Contact us for rush handling.
Final Exams: Final exams must be passed with at least a 70% and may be taken as many times as necessary in order to pass.
Certificates: Upon completion of the course, Diehl Mortgage Training and Compliance will provide students with an electronic Certificate of Completion. Certificates will remain in your account for a minimum of five years, should you need additional copies. Please refer to your license renewal application to determine if you need to submit your Certificate of Completion with your license renewal request. Course completion dates are recorded using Eastern Standard Time. Please note that the date of your Certificate of Completion will reflect this.
California DFPI Continuing
Education (CE) FAQs
The NMLS California DFPI State Licensing Requirements state that licensed MLOS must complete at least 8 hours of NMLS continuing education, broken into the following categories:
- Three hours of Federal Law
- Two hours of ethics
- Two hours of non-traditional mortgage lending
- One hour of CA-DFPI specific education
The deadline for submitting your license renewal is December 31, but you must complete your CE before then to ensure that the NMLS database has enough time to update with your current information and course completion records. We recommend having your CE finished by December 10 to give the database more than enough time to update.
If you are an MLO licensed in another state, you will need to get additional MLO state licenses to be licensed in California. This means satisfying NMLS Continuing Education Requirements annually for both states in which you’re licensed. To add the California DFPI license to an existing NMLS license, you must take an additional two-hour CA-DFPI course, also known as an elective.
To learn more about California DFPI mortgage license renewal or California DFPI MLO continuing education, you can contact California DFPI Mortgage Licensing at the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation by:
Phone: 213-576-7565
Email: MLO.Licensing@dfpi.ca.gov
Website: www.dpfi.ca.gov
If you fail to meet the California DFPI continuing education requirements and your license expires, you will be required to submit an application for reinstatement. By this time, you should have also completed the California DFPI CE courses that you failed to complete before.
You can take Late California DFPI NMLS Continuing Education Courses from Diehl, where we’ll provide you with all of the courses and hours you need to successfully apply for reinstatement. No matter which CE you take, we’ll send your course completion records to NMLS within 24 to 48 business hours to make sure that you have your best chance of reinstatement or renewal.
A California DFPI license is a license regulated by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, a department of the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency (BCSH). Another department that regulates MLO licenses is the California Department of Real Estate. The main difference between these two licenses is that the California Department of Real Estate does not have a requirement for instruction on state law.
Diehl helps MLO’s prepare for mortgage license renewal through California DFPI NMLS continuing education programs that provide up-to-date content written by a team of dedicated mortgage professionals annually.
We know that MLOs are busy, so our programs provide you with the necessary 8-hour CE that you require for license renewal, no more, no less. We also offer formats for every type of learner, whether you prefer to learn in a classroom environment or self-paced format.