In North Dakota, a person may not act as a real estate salesperson or advertise or assume to act as a real estate salesperson without a license issued by the Real Estate Commission.

The following provides general licensing information for real estate salespersons.

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Licensing requirements:

You need to meet the following requirements and have the following information and documents to apply for a North Dakota real estate salesperson license. 

Reached at least 18 years of age or older at time of application

Resident applicant only – completed 90-hour, NDREC-certified salesperson prelicensure education course. Link here for more information about pre-licensure courses elsewhere on this NDREC website: Education ProvidersIf course was completed prior to January 1, 2021, the course was 45 hours and an additional 15 hours in post-licensure continuing education are required within the first year of active licensure.

Applicants must apply for licensure within 2 years of completing an NDREC-certified pre-licensure education course.

Reciprocal and other nonresident applicants only – licensed and active at the salesperson level in state of primary residence

Credit history run and determined acceptable by NDREC

Criminal history run by ND Office of Attorney General and determined acceptable by NDREC

No real estate license revoked in this or any state within 2 years before this application

Resident – passed North Dakota and national licensing examinations

Nonresident nonreciprocal – passed North Dakota portion of the licensing exam

Reciprocal – met licensing requirements, including passing any examinations, in their primary state of residence, which must be Minnesota, Iowa or Georgia

One-time payment of $20 made to ND Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund.

Criminal background check:

Each licensee applying for a real estate salesperson license must complete and submit the Criminal History Record Check Request form (SFN 60688) with the Salesperson License Application.  NOTE: DO NOT get fingerprinted before you submit your completed Salesperson License Application to our office.

After July 1, 2019, when a Salesperson License Application, Criminal History Record Check Request (SFN 60688) and $158 fee has been received by the NDREC office, a Fingerprinting Kit will be mailed to you, including:

Instructions:

Apply Here - Applications for all categories of North Dakota real estate licenses are online only at https://services.realestatend.org/. Applications on paper are not accepted.

$150 – nonrefundable application fee, paid to NDREC

$8 – nonrefundable credit history fee, paid to NDREC; NDREC runs the report through a credit agency

Cost of getting fingerprinted – determined by and paid to the agency or business providing these services, who are independent from NDREC
$41.25 –

fingerprinting analysis as part of the statewide and national criminal history record check – paid to ND Office of Attorney General, who conducts the checks

Resident only – cost of taking 90-hour salesperson pre-licensure course -- course fees determined by and paid to the school providing the courseSchools and their pre-licensure courses are certified by the NDREC but otherwise operate independently. Link here for more information about pre-licensure courses elsewhere on this NDREC website:
https://www.realestatend.org/information/obtaining-a-real-estate-license/pre-licensing-education-providers/

Resident and nonresident who are not reciprocal – cost of taking the licensing examination – determined by and paid to the independent testing company, PSI.Residents must take and pass both the state and national examinations.

Nonresident nonreciprocal applicants need to take and pass only the state examination.
The examination fee is required each time you take or retake the test/s.

NDREC has an agreement with PSI to provide the testing services, but PSI operates independently of NDREC. Link here for more information on PSI elsewhere on this NDREC website: 
https://www.realestatend.org/information/obtaining-a-real-estate-license/exam-information/ 

Once you are ready to have your license issued:

$20 – one-time payment to NDREC for the commission’s Real Estate Education, Research and Recovery Fund.

Active licensees only – errors and omissions insurance -- paid to the insurance provider, to the firm with which you associate, or through another arrangement determined by the firm.

Examination information:

Approved applicants will be provided a letter of approval containing their test ID number. Once received, they may contact AMP to schedule a time to take the examination.
Applied Measurement Professionals (AMP) administers the license examination at locations in Bismarck and Fargo. Further information: www.goAMP.com
 

Errors & Omissions Insurance:

North Dakota requires all active licensees to carry errors and omission insurance, proof of which must be provided to the Commission office prior to the issuance of a real estate license. WE WILL PROVIDE YOU A COPY TO SUBMIT WITH YOUR APPLICATION

 

Education, Research & Recovery Fund:

Any person who is licensed for the first time is required to pay $20 into the Education, Research & Recovery Fund at the time of licensing. This fee is paid by the licensee only once.
 

Documents:

Salesperson License Application

Criminal History Record Check Request
(This is a fillable form. Please only complete the "To Be Completed by Subject of Record Check" section through the bottom of the page. Then print off and sign. Return with Salesperson Application. DO NOT submit fingerprint cards at this time as a fingerprinting kit will be sent to you after we receive your salesperson application.)
 
Application to Issue Real Estate License
 
Recovery Fund