IAR CE in California
As of Oct 5, 2026, California requires IAR CE: 12 credits of IAR CE per year, including 6 Ethics and Professional Responsibility (at least 3 on ethics) and 6 Products and Practice, due December 31, according to NASAA's map.
State status: NASAA IAR CE map, checked Oct 5, 2026.
What is required
12 credits per year, including 6 Ethics and Professional Responsibility (at least 3 on ethics), 6 Products and Practice, by December 31.
Only in adopting states. Dual registrants may use FINRA Regulatory Element CE for the 6 Products and Practice credits. New registrants have no requirement until January 1 of the following year. A missed year renews as CE inactive.
"six (6) Credits of IAR Regulatory and Ethics Content offered by an Authorized Provider, with at least three (3) hours covering the topic of ethics" Source: nasaa.org, checked Oct 5, 2026.
When is my CE due? Look up your own registrations by CRD.
Other states
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- U.S. Virgin Islands
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Requirements shown are summaries. Your state securities regulator has the final word. Today is Oct 8, 2026, Eastern.