North Dakota Real Estate License: Requirements, Cost & How to Apply (2026)

North Dakota Real Estate Commission

North Dakota Real Estate Commission

STATE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION

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Real estate license required.

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18 years old

18

must be at least eighteen years of age

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90 hours

90

successfully completed at least ninety hours in courses of study approved by the commission

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Pass national and state portions within the same 12-month period.

Pass national and state portions within the same 12-month period.

If the salesperson applicant passes one portion of the examination, national or state, the salesperson applicant shall not be required to repeat that portion of the examination if that applicant passes the remaining portion within twelve months from the date of the first examination.

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Proof of group-plan or equivalent errors and omissions coverage is required for active issuance, renewal or activation.

Proof of group-plan or equivalent errors and omissions coverage is required for active issuance, renewal or activation.

An applicant for issuance of a license on active status, a licensee renewing a license, or an inactive licensee activating a license must submit proof of insurance coverage through the group plan or through certification of equivalent coverage.

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Persons desiring to continue in business must make proper application for renewal on or before November fifteenth of each year in order for the respective license to be renewed on a timely basis for the following license period.

Persons desiring to continue in business must make proper application for renewal on or before November fifteenth of each year in order for the respective license to be renewed on a timely basis for the following license period. Applies to: Active real estate salespersons

Persons desiring to continue in business must make proper application for renewal on or before November fifteenth of each year in order for the respective license to be renewed on a timely basis for the following license period.

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12 hours

12

each broker or salesperson must complete twelve hours of continuing education in approved courses every continuing education period

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Commission-approved real-estate courses; the Commission may designate mandatory topics for a cycle.

Commission-approved real-estate courses; the Commission may designate mandatory topics for a cycle.

The commission may require that a portion or all of the continuing education hours must be in one or more specific areas for salespersons or brokers.

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A Commission license is required to act or advertise as a real estate salesperson.

A Commission license is required to act or advertise as a real estate salesperson.

A person may not act as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, or advertise or assume to act as a real estate broker or real estate salesperson, without a license issued by the real estate commission.

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Licenses expire December 31 each year.

Licenses expire December 31 each year.

All licenses expire on December thirty-first of each year.

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CE covers the twelve months before the renewal application deadline.

CE covers the twelve months before the renewal application deadline.

The continuing education period is twelve months preceding the renewal application deadline date.

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Reciprocity requires a Commission agreement. Applicants already licensed in a nonreciprocal state who passed that state’s exam take only the North Dakota state portion and need no prelicensing course.

Reciprocity requires a Commission agreement. Applicants already licensed in a nonreciprocal state who passed that state’s exam take only the North Dakota state portion and need no prelicensing course.

North Dakota will not recognize the licensee from another state for a reciprocal license unless an agreement granting reciprocal privileges to North Dakota licensees has been made by the commission with the proper regulatory authorities of that state. … An applicant currently licensed in a nonreciprocal state who has successfully passed the real estate licensing examination given in another state need only take the state portion of the examination in North Dakota. Prelicensure course is not required if the applicant is already licensed in another nonreciprocal state.

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