Get your North Dakota Real Estate license — 100% online at your own pace

As of 2021, North Dakota requires all salesperson applicants to take a 90-hour pre-license course. You can take the course online, in a classroom, or with a hybrid model, but your provider must be a state-approved education vendor.

Next, submit the salesperson application to the North Dakota Real Estate Commission (NDREC). Depending on your application answers, you may need to include additional documentation.

The license application fee is $158, payable to the NDREC. You can pay by check or fee online at https://www.realestatend.org/pay-bill, referencing "salesperson application."

All new salesperson licensees must submit WITH their license application the Criminal History Record Record form (SFN 60688). The fee for a North Dakota and FBI record check is $41.25, paid by check or money order to the ND Attorney General. The NDREC mails a fingerprinting kit with the necessary cards, verification forms, and a list of fingerprinting locations.

Once the license application is approved, the NDREC sends a letter of approval with a test ID number. It’s your responsibility to schedule a test through PSI.

The non-refundable exam fee is $131 paid directly to PSI using credit, money order, or cashier’s check.

Online scheduling is the fastest way to make an exam appointment. Create an account and use your test ID number to book the exam. You may call PSI at 855-834-8747 or use the mail-in registration form to reserve a test appointment.

Refer to the Candidate Handbook for specific test center addresses and instructions.

Bring to the test center two forms of identification that have your signature. One ID must be government-issued and have your photograph.

Your North Dakota salesperson exam has two parts: a National examination with 100 questions and a State examination with 40 questions. If you take both on the same day, the questions are mixed, and you’ll have a total time of 3.5 hours.

The Candidate Information Handbook contains information about the number of questions per topic area on each exam section.

You get the score report at the test center. Passing the national portion is 70 questions correct, and the state portion requires 30 questions correct. If you did not pass, the score report will have diagnostic information.

North Dakota requires all real estate professionals to carry errors and omission insurance. You must send proof of coverage to the Commission. You can get insurance from any qualified carrier as long your policy is the equivalent of what is offered by the NDREC. The NDREC group plan is available through Rice Insurance Service.

All new licensees must make a one-time $20 payment into the Education, Research & Recovery Fund. Submit the recovery fund form and payment to NDREC by check or pay online at https://www.realestatend.org/pay-bill, reference "Recovery Fund."

Your final step is to send the Application to Issue Real Estate License. Your hiring broker must sign the application. Provide the NDREC with your official score report from the state licensing exam and your proof of insurance coverage.

Once the NDREC receives these documents, it will issue an active North Dakota salesperson license. Congratulations! You are now a practicing real estate salesperson.