Start with the official requirements.
Your regulator is North Dakota Real Estate Commission. Verify eligibility, approved schools, application timing, background checks, fees and any sponsoring-broker requirements directly before committing to a course.
Official regulator ↗- Regulator
- North Dakota Real Estate Commission
- Prelicense education
- 90 hours
- Exam provider
- PSI
- Questions
- 140 questions (100 national + 40 state)
- Time
- 240 minutes
- Passing rule
- 70/100 national + 30/40 state
The steps, in order.
01
Confirm eligibility
Check age, education, background review and other requirements with the regulator.
02
Complete approved education
Confirm the current 90 hours education requirement and approved providers. LicenseIQ does not replace required prelicensing education.
03
Apply and schedule
Follow the regulator’s application and testing authorization sequence; submit required documents and fees. Exact sequencing varies.
04
Prepare and take the exam
Use the PSI candidate handbook for check-in, accommodations, allowed materials and current scoring.
05
Complete license issuance
After passing, complete remaining regulator requirements. Do not practice until the license is issued and active.
06
Maintain your license
Verify post-license education, renewal deadlines and continuing education with the regulator.
Post-license education
None (15 hrs only for older 45-hr course completers)
Continuing education
12 hrs annually
What’s on the state portion?
Topics from your LicenseIQ state course; the official exam outline controls.
- The North Dakota Real Estate Commission: Powers, Investigations and Sanctions4 lessons
- North Dakota Licensing Requirements4 lessons
- Agency Relationships, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest4 lessons
- Listings, Offers, Advertising, Commissions and Supervision4 lessons
- Recovery Fund and Out-of-State Subdivided Land Sales3 lessons
- Other North Dakota Law: Fair Housing, Landlord-Tenant and Homestead3 lessons
Try three practice questions.
Question 1
An applicant is denied a license. Within how many days may the applicant request a hearing?
- A. 10 days
- B. 30 days
- C. 20 days
- D. 60 days
Question 2
A licensee whose conduct led to a fund payout files bankruptcy and receives a discharge. The suspension:
- A. Remains in effect, because a discharge does not relieve the penalty
- B. Ends automatically on discharge
- C. Is converted to a fine
- D. Ends after one year
Question 3
A licensee working with an unrepresented buyer (a customer) owes that buyer:
- A. An accounting of all funds and obedience to instructions
- B. No duties of any kind
- C. Honesty, good faith and disclosure of known material adverse facts
- D. Full loyalty and confidentiality
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