Colorado CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs
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Verified 2026-11-12
Reinstatement Fee
No dollar figure is codified anywhere -- C.R.S. 12-20-202 delegates fee-setting to the DORA Director, published only on the online licensing portal, not in statute or rule. There is simply no primary-law dollar figure to cite for this one.
Catch-Up CPE Required
- At least 80 CPE hours 3 CCR 705-1 Rule 1.9(K)(1): the applicant must complete BOTH the full 80-hour requirement for the CPE period immediately preceding reinstatement, AND 10 hours for each full quarter the certificate was expired in the current period (up to 80 more) -- up to 160 hours total catch-up. These hours can't also count toward CPE owed for the remainder of the period after reinstatement. The full 80-hour requirement includes the ethics component of Rule 1.9(G)(2)(b): 'Four hours of CPE must be in Ethics, of which two hours may be in CR&R.'
Source of record
3 CCR 705-1, Rule 1.9(J) (Expired Status) and Rule 1.9(K) (Reinstatement)
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What triggers lapsed status: A certificate not renewed by its expiration date enters 'Expired' status (Rule 1.9(J)(1)). A 60-day grace period allows renewal by paying the renewal fee plus a late fee with no penalty; after that, the certificate is fully Expired and the holder cannot hold out as a CPA.
Last verified: November 12, 2026 · sourced from the state board's own page; the citation below covers part of this claim but not all of it, so we could not independently confirm the rest against codified statute or administrative rule text (see how we verify every deadline). Always confirm with the
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