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How do I get a real estate license in Nevada?

If you've never held a real estate license, you apply to the Nevada Real Estate Division for a salesperson license. You must be 18 or older. You take 120 hours of classes and pass a state exam and a national exam. A law degree replaces two courses, not the 18 hours of Nevada law. An active broker or manager signs your form.

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The rule, fact by fact

Course hours
A total of 120 hours of pre-licensing educationThe state splits it into four courses. Each can be met with college credits. A current license from another state excuses you from two.
Verified. Nevada Real Estate Division · Real Estate Salesperson: Initial License Requirements (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026
Cost
$140.00 fee for a salesperson licenseThis is the state's license fee.
Same source and date as above
Exam results window
Passing state and national exam results must be dated within the last 12 monthsPlan your exam date around when you will apply. The rule goes by the date on your results.
Same source and date as above
Fingerprint validity
Fingerprints expire after two monthsGet them close to the day you apply.
Same source and date as above
Minimum age
You must be 18 years or older to apply with a completed application Form 549This is the state's minimum age for an application.
Verified. Nevada Real Estate Division · Real Estate License Application, Form 549 (PDF) (opens state website) · checked Nov 13, 2026

How to get it done

  1. Step 1. Check the basics. Form 549 says you must be 18 or older to apply.

  2. Step 2. If you hold or have held a real estate license in any state in the past ten years, you send a certified license history from that state. It must be dated within 90 days of your application.

  3. Step 3. Pick a school from the state's list of real estate schools with pre-licensing courses. Its legend marks the format each school offers.

  4. Step 4. Take four courses. Real Estate Principles is 45 hours or 3 college credits. Real Estate Law is 45 hours or 3 college credits and must include 18 hours of Nevada law. Contracts and agency are 15 hours or 1 college credit each. Applicants who hold a license from another state are not required to take contracts or agency.

  5. Step 5. Register and pay for your exam on the Division's website first. Then schedule it with Pearson VUE. Pass the state exam and the national exam. When you apply, your passing results must be dated within the last 12 months. Licensed out-of-state applicants who apply for an equivalent license are not required to take the general exam.

  6. Step 6. Sign and date the fingerprint background waiver before you get your fingerprints. Then use an approved fingerprint vendor and send in the form it gives you. Fingerprints expire after two months, so time them with your application.

  7. Step 7. Have a licensed broker, owner/developer, sales manager or office manager on active status registered with the Division sign the Acknowledgment of Intent to Employ on Form 549. Then send the form with your exam results, your proof of education and the fee.

Before you pay

Check that a school is on the state's list before you pay. The list says schools set their own schedules and prices.

We haven't confirmed an exam price, a class price, which schools sell self-paced classes, which classes are live, or how long the state takes to decide an application. Ask the school which format you are buying.

Lists and fees change. Look at both on the day you enroll.

Questions

What does Form 549 ask about my history?

It asks whether you have ever been convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor. If you answer yes to any history question, you attach the order from the proceeding and a sheet with full details.

Can a child support order stop my application?

Yes, if you are not in compliance with the order or with an approved repayment plan. The form says the state will deny your application if you are subject to a court order for child support and are not in compliance with it. The form lets you check a box for a plan that the district attorney or another public agency that enforces the order has approved.

I have a law degree. Do I still take all the classes?

Not all of them. The state counts a completed law degree as meeting the Real Estate Principles course and the Real Estate Law course. You prove it with a certified transcript from an accredited institution. You still take 18 hours of Nevada law. Unless you are an out-of-state applicant with a current real estate license, you also take the 15-hour contracts course and the 15-hour agency course. All three come from an approved provider.

What happens after I pay for the exam?

Pearson VUE emails you within two to three business days. You have one year from payment to schedule it. Exam payments are nonrefundable, and you pay a retake on the Division's website. Only certain Pearson VUE locations are approved for Nevada real estate exams. The Division offers a two-for-one discount if you register for the state and national salesperson exams together.

I'm licensed in another state. Can I skip steps?

Maybe. A current license from a state on the table in the state's licensing form may meet the salesperson qualifications. An applicant for an equivalent license may also skip the general exam. Ask the Division before you count on any credit.

I live outside Nevada. Do I need anything extra?

Yes. You send a notarized consent to service of process, Form 656, with your application.

What to do next

Start with the state's licensing page. Then pick a school from its list of schools.

www.red.nv.gov

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