Louisiana CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

No single flat fee -- three different mechanisms exist depending on how long the certificate has been lapsed. LAC 46:XIX Sec1105.B.6 allows same-year reinstatement 'upon payment of the renewal fee and such penalty fee as may be prescribed by the board' -- no multiplier or dollar amount is codified; La. R.S. 37:74.1 separately caps a formal reinstatement-application fee at $500 for a fully expired/inactive certificate; the board's own fee table also shows an escalating monthly delinquent-fee schedule ($200-$700). The board's page itself says 'Reinstatement applications -- (contact the office)' rather than publishing one number.

• 120 CPE hours 120 total CPE hours (not additive on top of the normal 80) completed within the 3 years preceding the reinstatement application, per LAC 46:XIX Sec1105.D -- confirmed on both the codified rule and the board's own page.
• 3 ethics hours, within that total.

Sourcing note: Louisiana's reinstatement fee isn't a single number under Louisiana law: which of three mechanisms applies depends on how long your certificate has been lapsed. A same-year reinstatement uses the renewal fee plus a board-prescribed penalty fee, with no fixed dollar amount codified (LAC 46:XIX Sec1105.B.6). A fully expired or inactive certificate instead goes through a formal reinstatement application, capped by statute at $500 (La. R.S. 37:74.1). Separately, the board's own fee table applies an escalating monthly delinquent fee of $200-$700 depending on how many months have passed. These mechanisms don't reconcile with one another, which is why they don't reduce to one figure. The 3-hour ethics-CPE figure comes from the board's own page; the codified rule text (Sec1301, Sec1303, Sec1319) does not itself state an hour figure. (Last checked 2026-09-12.)