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North Dakota Real Estate License Requirements

These are the state education requirements to become a North Dakota real estate salesperson.

Salesperson Pre License:

Licenses and the renewals thereof may be granted only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness, and fair dealing and who are competent to transact the business of a real estate broker or a real estate salesperson in such a manner as to safeguard the interest of the public, and whose real estate license has not been revoked in this or any other state within two years prior to date of application.
Must be at least 18 years old
Pass a prescribed examination at designated time and places.
As a prerequisite for licensure, an applicant shall furnish to the commission evidence of having successfully completed at least 45 hours in courses of study approved by the commission.
An applicant for a salesperson’s license may take the licensing examination before fulfillment of the prerequisite educational requirement; however, the commission may not issue a salesperson’s license to an applicant unless satisfactory evidence of completion of this prerequisite educational requirement is furnished to the commission.

All applicants for a broker's license must:

In addition to the requirements established in subsection 1, an applicant for a broker’s
An applicant for a broker’s license must have successfully completed an additional 60 hours in courses of study approved by the commission.
Shall have been actively engaged as a licensed real estate salesperson for a period of at least one year preceding the date of application, which, beginning July 1, 1979, is increased to two years; or
Shall have had experience as determined by the commission to be substantially equal to that which a licensed real estate salesperson would ordinarily receive during a period of one year, which, beginning July 1, 1979, is increased to two years.
- If the commission finds that the applicant could not acquire employment as a licensed real estate salesperson because of conditions existing in the area where the salesperson resides, then the experience requirements established above may be waived by the commission.
An applicant for a broker’s license must have satisfactorily fulfilled the educational requirements before taking the broker’s examination.
Within one year after initial licensure as a salesperson, the salesperson’s broker shall furnish to the commission evidence of the salesperson’s successful completion of 15 post license hours in courses of study approved by the commission.

See complete Candidate Handbook of North Dakota Real Estate license requirements by AMP, which administers the North Dakota real estate exam.