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Maryland CPA License Reinstatement: What a Lapsed License Costs

If your Maryland CPA license has already lapsed

What it actually takes to get a lapsed Maryland CPA license back — the fee, the catch-up CPE, and exactly what triggers "lapsed" in the first place. Sourced the same way every fact on this site is: a board page, plus the codified rule itself where we could confirm it against primary law, clearly labelled where we could only confirm it against the board's own page, never a guess.

Verified 2026-09-12
Reinstatement Fee
$126

Double the standard $63 renewal fee (COMAR 09.24.01.09.B(9)/(4)). Charged as soon as the license's 2-year expiration date passes; the Board's FAQ states it currently cannot be waived.

Catch-Up CPE Required
  • 80 CPE hours Same standard 80-hour/2-year total as ordinary renewal, not an extra amount -- the catch is timing: those 80 hours must be earned within 2 years of the reinstatement application date (COMAR 09.24.02.05.A) and can't also be counted toward the next renewal cycle.
  • 4 ethics hours, within that total.
Source of record Md. Code Ann., Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 2-314 (Reinstatement); COMAR 09.24.01.09.B (fees); COMAR 09.24.02.03 (80-hr/4-ethics-hr CE requirement); COMAR 09.24.02.05.A (2-year CE lookback) read the rule →

What triggers lapsed status: Not renewed by the license's fixed 2-year expiration date. No statutory outer time limit was found after which reinstatement becomes unavailable.

Last verified: 2026-09-12 · checked against the state's codified statute or administrative rule, not just a board webpage — if we can't verify a date against primary law, we say so instead of guessing (see how we verify every deadline). Always confirm with the official state board before relying on this date. License requirements and deadlines can change.

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