IAR CE requirement checker
Do I need IAR continuing education?
Answer a few quick questions. You’ll see what NASAA publishes for your state, the general annual credit framework, and course options to compare with your FinPro balances and prior Course IDs. Nothing you choose here is saved or sent anywhere.
This guide is optional. Already know what you need? Go straight to the courses and enroll.
The annual IAR CE framework
General annual framework: 12 credits
Your individual requirement depends on jurisdiction, registration history, prior courses and firm guidance. Confirm your remaining credits in FinPro before choosing courses.
- The credits must be split exactly 6 and 6. Eight Products and Practice credits plus four Ethics credits does not meet the year, even though it adds up to 12.
- Extra credits don’t carry forward to the next year.
- A course counts once. Retaking a course you already completed, even in a later year, does not count again.
- Missed a year? Credits you complete now count first toward the year you missed, then toward this year. Choose “Yes” under “Are you catching up on an earlier year?” to plan from your FinPro balances.
- Already took one of our courses in an earlier year? It can’t count again, so choose the other course in that category.
- Newly registered in an IAR CE state for the first time? Your yearly requirement starts January 1 of the following year.
- Registered in several IAR CE states? You complete the 12 credits once a year.
- Once you have the requirement, it stays with you, even if you later drop that state.
- NASAA: there are no exemptions or waivers based on age, experience or other qualifications.
- Course completion, provider reporting and accepted credit are separate steps. We report completions to FINRA generally within 30 calendar days of verified completion. Allow processing time and confirm accepted credit and your status in FinPro. The published 2026 cutoff concerns inclusion in the renewal process; later rosters continue to be accepted and processed.
Sources: NASAA IAR CE FAQ (opens a new tab) · FINRA guide: Tracking IAR CE in FinPro (opens a new tab) · NASAA Model Rule (opens a new tab) · NASAA IAR CE page (opens a new tab) · NASAA year-end memo (2026) (opens a new tab). Checked October 18, 2026.
Our NASAA-approved courses
Compare our courses with your remaining credits
Each course is text-only, on demand and worth 6 credits in one category. $49 per course, or $89 when you buy both courses of a designated pair in one order, plus applicable tax. Each pair contains 6 Ethics and Professional Responsibility credits plus 6 Products and Practice credits: 12 credits in total. That total does not establish your remaining requirement or guarantee accepted credit. Check your FinPro balances, prior Course IDs, jurisdiction and firm guidance before buying.
- Fiduciary Duty and Ethical Practice (C82490, Ethics and Professional Responsibility) + Product Analysis and Portfolio Risk (C82507, Products and Practice)
- Ethical Governance and Client Protection (C82482, Ethics and Professional Responsibility) + Portfolio Implementation and Ongoing Practice (C82483, Products and Practice)
The $89 price only applies when both courses of one pair are in the same order.
Ethics and Professional Responsibility · 6 credits
Fiduciary Duty and Ethical Practice
Products and Practice · 6 credits
Product Analysis and Portfolio Risk
Ethics and Professional Responsibility · 6 credits
Ethical Governance and Client Protection
Products and Practice · 6 credits
Portfolio Implementation and Ongoing Practice
2026 renewal cutoff and reporting guide · Text-only self-study guide · Online IAR CE course-selection guide
Your next step
See exactly what you still owe in FINRA FinPro
Your IAR CE transcript and status live in your FINRA FinPro account. We can’t see your record, and nobody but you can sign in to it. FinPro shows which years and categories are still open.
Sign in to FINRA FinPro (opens a new tab)
No account yet? Create a free FinPro account on FINRA.org (opens a new tab). Course providers like us report your completions to FINRA under your CRD number; you don’t report them to your state.
NASAA’s list of IAR CE jurisdictions
The jurisdictions listed below have informed NASAA they have an IAR CE requirement. (NASAA, checked October 18, 2026.) NASAA doesn’t publish a list of states without a requirement, so any state not listed shows “check with your state regulator.”
| Jurisdiction | IAR CE per NASAA |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Alaska | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Arizona | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Arkansas | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| California | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Colorado | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Connecticut | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Delaware | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Washington, D.C. | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Florida | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Georgia | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Hawaii | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Idaho | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Illinois | Yes, effective in 2026 |
| Indiana | Yes, effective in 2027 |
| Iowa | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Kansas | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Kentucky | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Louisiana | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Maine | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Maryland | Yes, effective in 2022 |
| Massachusetts | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Michigan | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Minnesota | Yes, effective in 2025 |
| Mississippi | Yes, effective in 2022 |
| Missouri | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Montana | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Nebraska | Yes, effective in 2025 |
| Nevada | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| New Hampshire | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| New Jersey | Yes, effective in 2025 |
| New Mexico | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| New York | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| North Carolina | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| North Dakota | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Ohio | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Oklahoma | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Oregon | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Pennsylvania | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Puerto Rico | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Rhode Island | Yes, effective in 2025 |
| South Carolina | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| South Dakota | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Tennessee | Yes, effective in 2024 |
| Texas | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Utah | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Vermont | Yes, effective in 2022 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Yes, effective in 2025 |
| Virginia | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Washington | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| West Virginia | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
| Wisconsin | Yes, effective in 2023 |
| Wyoming | Not on NASAA’s list · check with your state regulator |
Sources: NASAA Member Adoption (opens a new tab) · NASAA IAR CE Map (opens a new tab) · Contact your state regulator (opens a new tab)
This checker is general information, not legal advice. Each state sets its own rules; confirm your requirement with your state securities regulator.
NASAA does not endorse any particular provider of IAR CE courses. The content of the course and any views expressed are our own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NASAA or any of its member jurisdictions.
Gulfstream Capital, NASAA provider S17479. Support · sterling@gulfstreamwealth.com