Licensing Requirements
Real Estate Salesperson Licensing Requirements:
After successfully completing the 75-hour Pre-License Course and passing the examination the applicant must apply for a license through a sponsoring real estate broker. Application for a real estate license must be submitted to the New Jersey Real Estate Commission within one year of the date when the candidate successfully completes the 75-hour pre-licensure course…otherwise, the course must be taken again.
- Applicant must be 18 years of age or older
- Have a high school education or equivalency
- Be a legal resident of the USA (citizen or other legal residency)
- Successfully complete a 75-hour pre-licensure course at a licensed school*
- Pass the NJ State license examination
- Complete Your Fingerprinting and Obtain a Sponsoring Broker
After successfully completing the 75-hour Pre-License Course and passing the examination the applicant must apply for a license through a sponsoring real estate broker. Application for a real estate license must be submitted to the New Jersey Real Estate Commission within one year of the date when the candidate successfully completes the 75-hour pre-licensure course…otherwise, the course must be taken again.
Real Estate Broker Licensing Requirements:
- Applicant must have been continually licensed and employed on a full-time basis as a New Jersey real estate salesperson for the three years immediately preceding application
- Complete 150 hours of additional real estate education
- Pass the NJ State Broker Examination
- Complete Your Fingerprinting (Sorry, but you have to do this again for the broker license)
- Send in your application for either a Broker-Salesperson License or a Broker License
After completion of all three broker courses applicants must submit to the Education Qualification Section of the Commission their completed school certificates and a completed Experience Report For Broker Applicant form. Following review and approval, the applicant will be mailed a Certificate of Examination Eligibility, which may be used to make a reservation to take the Broker license examination.
Licensed In Another State?
Broker - If you are a licensed broker in another state, the New Jersey Real Estate Commission may give you a waiver for the 90-hr Broker Course, but you will still have to take the two 30-hr courses and receive a certificate for each course. (See the link below for waiver forms). Salesperson – If you are licensed as a Salesperson in another state, NJ only requires that you take a 15-hr Refresher Course (See the link below for waiver forms). |
Additional Information: The law in New Jersey requires all applicants for licensure as a real estate salesperson or broker to possess good character, trustworthiness, honesty and integrity. To enforce this requirement, all applicants for licensure must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal history background check. The statutory qualifications also include the absence of any conviction for forgery, burglary, robbery, any theft offense other than shoplifting, criminal conspiracy to defraud, or other like offenses within the five years preceding the application for licensure. Should you pass the exam you will be required to sign a form on which your answers to screening questions. By signing that form you will certify to the Commission that those answers are truthful and accurate. THAT FORM IS PART OF YOUR APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE.
If you are a disabled United States Veteran and a citizen of New Jersey, it may be possible to secure waivers of fees for licensure and the 3-year experience period. Please contact the New Jersey Commission's Education Waiver Section at 609-292-7272 Ext. 50137 for details.
If you are a disabled United States Veteran and a citizen of New Jersey, it may be possible to secure waivers of fees for licensure and the 3-year experience period. Please contact the New Jersey Commission's Education Waiver Section at 609-292-7272 Ext. 50137 for details.
New Jersey Real Estate Commission Website Links
Experience Report For Broker Applicant (NJ APPLICANTS ONLY)
Waiver of Education/Experience Criteria for Broker (OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS ONLY)
Waiver of Education/Experience Criteria for Salesperson
License Certification/License History Request Form (NJ APPLICANTS ONLY)
Honorably Discharged Disabled Veterans (New Jersey Only)
Experience Report For Broker Applicant (NJ APPLICANTS ONLY)
Waiver of Education/Experience Criteria for Broker (OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS ONLY)
Waiver of Education/Experience Criteria for Salesperson
License Certification/License History Request Form (NJ APPLICANTS ONLY)
Honorably Discharged Disabled Veterans (New Jersey Only)