Associations are required to provide access to such training. Failure to comply with this required ethics training is a violation of a membership duty for which the member’s primary association will suspend membership until the training is complete.

There is also an accompanying ethics orientation training requirement for REALTOR® applicants that must be satisfied after applying for membership.

The following resources have beeen developed to help members and associations better understand and meet the ethics training requirements. 

Resources for Existing REALTOR® Members Quadrennial Code of Ethics Training: Find all the details on the Quadrennial Code of Ethics training requirements for REALTORS®, including: policy summary minimum time, criteria, and content learning objectives possible delivery vehicles sample course outline Review training requirements >> Quadrennial Code of Ethics Training Materials: **UPDATED FOR SECOND TRAINING CYCLE**. NAR has developed a copyrighted program that may be used to fulfill existing members’ Code of Ethics training requirements. It has everything needed to conduct a classroom course locally: facilitator’s guide participant materials PowerPoint presentation and overhead transparencies final exam with answer key certificates of completion Access training materials >> On-line Quadrennial REALTOR® Ethics Training Course: **UPDATED FOR SECOND TRAINING CYCLE** This is an NAR developed online course for completion using a computer and the Internet. REALTORS® can stop and restart the course at their convenience within a 30-day time period. Successful completion is recorded in the National REALTORS® Database System (NRDS) and satisfies a member’s Code of Ethics training requirements. Go to the course page >>

Resources for New REALTOR® Applicants New Member Code of Ethics Orientation: Find all the details on the Code of Ethics training requirements for new REALTORS®, including: policy summary minimum time, criteria, and content learning objectives possible delivery vehicles sample course outline Review new member training requirements >> New Member Code of Ethics Training Materials: NAR has developed a copyrighted program that may be used to fulfill new members’ Code of Ethics training requirements. It has everything needed to conduct a classroom course locally: facilitator’s guide participant materials PowerPoint presentation and overhead transparencies final exam with answer key certificates of completion Access new member training materials >> New Member Online REALTOR® Ethics Training Orientation Course: This is an NAR developed online course for completion using a computer and the Internet. REALTORS® can stop and restart the course at their convenience within a 30-day time period. Successful completion is recorded in the National REALTORS® Database System (NRDS) and satisfies a new member’s Code of Ethics training requirements. Go to the new member ethics course page >>