Florida Office of Financial Regulation
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
To register for a Florida NMLS licensing class phone 941-313-7278.
Florida Office of Financial Regulation licensed mortgage loan officers require 20 hours of pre-licensing education; the national 20-hour class including 2 hours of state law.
All states require a national exam for licensing. Florida does not require an additional state test, requires 2 hours of state law for those who are currently NMLS-licensed elsewhere, and requires 8 hours of continuing education (CE) annually for NMLS-licensed mortgage loan officers, 1 of which must be state law.