8 Hour SAFE Comprehensive: 2025 Mortgage Loan Originator Course
This online self-study course satisfies the eight hours of 2025 annual continuing education required of individuals maintaining a state-issued mortgage loan originator (MLO) license. Within this course, students will spend time reviewing required topics, including:
- Three hours on federal mortgage-related laws
- Two hours on ethics, fraud, and consumer protection
- Two hours on lending standards related to nontraditional mortgage products
- One hour on elective content
State Requirements For Alabama
State Requirement Details for Mortgage Continuing Education
Hours Required by the State: 8 hours
- 3 hours of federal law
- 2 hours of ethics
- 2 hours of non-traditional mortgage lending
- 1 hour of electives
An MLO who has completed their pre-licensure education (PE) course requirements in the same year in which the license was approved is not required to complete CE within the same year.
Successive Years Rule:
A licensee may not take the same CE course two years in a row.
Seat Time:
Seat time will be enforced and our online course delivery system manages this requirement.
Alabama Contact Details for Mortgage Continuing Education
State Banking Department of Alabama
Phone: 334-242-3452
Website: www.banking.alabama.gov
Contact: Diana Anderson, diana.anderson@banking.alabama.gov
NMLS Resources for Mortgage Continuing Education
Alabama MLO License Description Page
Professional Standards: Mortgage Education
Professional Standards: Criminal Background Check
Professional Standards: Credit Report
Professional Standards: MLO Testing