Renew a Code Enforcement Registration

Continuing Education Requirements

You must meet all continuing education requirements before you may renew your registration.

For more information, please see the Code Enforcement Officers Continuing Education page.

Application and Fee

To renew a code enforcement registration, submit a completed registration application form along with the associated fee:

A registration as a code enforcement officer is valid for a period of two years.
A registration as a code enforcement officer in training is valid for a period of one year.

Renewal of Expired Registration

A late renewal means the registrant will have a period of non-registration from the expiration date of the expired registration to the issuance date of the renewed registration. During the unregistered period, a person may not claim to be a code enforcement officer or code enforcement officer in training, or use the titles “code enforcement officer” or “code enforcement officer in training.”

A person whose registration has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the registration by paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the normally required renewal fee.

A person whose registration has been expired for more than 90 days but less than 18 months may renew the registration by paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

On approval by the executive director (see Request to Executive Director for Expired License Renewal Form PDF), a person whose registration has been expired for at least 18 months but less than three years may renew the registration by paying to the department a renewal fee equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

Applicants with Criminal Convictions

As part of the registration process, all applicants must successfully pass a criminal history background check.

Please see the Guidelines for License Applicants with Criminal Convictions, which describe the process by which TDLR determines whether a criminal conviction renders an applicant an unsuitable candidate for registration, or whether a conviction warrants revocation or suspension of a registration previously granted.