Nevada Real Estate Salesperson License requirements

Follow these steps in order. Deadlines and affiliation requirements can make a passed exam unusable if they are missed.

1. 1

   Complete 120 hours in four named blocks (Principles 45, Law 45 including 18 NV law, contracts 15, agency 15) at a Form 502 school

   Licensed out-of-state applicants skip contracts and agency, per NRED. NAC 645.435 sets the curriculum.

2. 2

   Pay the Pearson exam fee to NRED at red.prod.secure.nv.gov ($100 combination); schedule with Pearson VUE

   Nevada does not use PSI. Reserve at least 24 hours ahead; walk-ins are not available.

3. 3

   Pass national (80 items/150 min) and Nevada (40 items/90 min) at 75% each (combination 240 min)

   Split retakes must be completed within 12 months. Scores are valid for 12 months (NAC 645.225).

4. 4

   Get Form 619 fingerprints (valid 2 months); file Form 549 with the $140 fee; a Nevada broker sponsors your license

   Sign the waiver before you are printed. File while prints and scores are both valid.

5. 5

   First year: complete NAC 645.4442 postlicensing (15 named modules, proof within the first year); later renewals require 36 named CE hours (NAC 645.448)

   Postlicensing does not count as CE. The NAC text does not set a postlicensing clock-hour total.

Minimum age

18 years old

Identification

A Social Security number is required. An ITIN is not confirmed as a substitute.

Residency and identification

The Pearson handbook's application table covers residents and non-residents 18 years or older. NRED's Initial License Requirements page does not separately require Nevada residency. Licensed out-of-state applicants skip the 15-hour contracts course and the 15-hour agency course, but they still sit the Nevada state exam and still submit fingerprints. NRS 645.332 can waive the uniform/national portion if the other jurisdiction is substantially equivalent and the applicant holds a license in good standing and passed that exam. It does not waive the 18-hour Nevada-law block or the Nevada state exam.

Qualifying education

According to NRED's Salesperson Initial License Requirements page, you need a total of 120 hours, proven by certified transcripts or certificates. NAC 645.435 requires 120 classroom hours or the distance-education equivalent. Principles is further split into 21 brokerage/agency + 12 valuation/economics + 12 finance; Law is further split into 25 ownership/transfer/use + 18 hours of NRS 113, 116, 119, 119A, 645, 645C and 645D + 2 applied practice/statutory disclosures. Licensed out-of-state applicants are not required to take the 15-hour contracts or 15-hour agency courses. Form 502 lists approved schools. A 90-hour certificate from a neighboring state does not satisfy this 120.

Education or filing deadline

Pearson scores are valid for 12 months (NRED page and NAC 645.225). Fingerprints are valid for 2 months (NRED page). First-year postlicensing (NAC 645.4442) runs on a separate timeline: 15 named modules, with proof due within the first year immediately after initial licensing. The NAC text does not set a postlicensing clock-hour total, so disregard sources that cite 30 hours.

Character review

NRS 645.330 requires a good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness and integrity; no false statement of material fact; and competence to transact business in a way that safeguards the public. The Division may deny for listed convictions (forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, unlicensed activity, possessing a controlled substance for sale, moral turpitude) and shall not issue a license until at least 3 years after the later of paying court-ordered fines/restitution or the end of parole/probation/sentence. Disclose everything: failing to disclose is a separate ground for denial.

Background process

Get prints from a Form 619 vendor or use a DPS card; they go to the Central Repository and the FBI under NRS 645.355. Sign the waiver before you are printed. Fingerprints are valid for two months and exam results for twelve months, so file Form 549 while both are valid.

Experience

No licensed experience is required for the original salesperson license, but a Nevada broker must sponsor it. To become a broker later, you need 2 years active full-time within the last 4 years (per NRED's Broker Initial License Requirements page) plus 64 semester credits, including the 45-hour Nevada Broker Management course, which experience cannot replace.

Broker affiliation

A Nevada salesperson may practice only under a licensed Nevada broker (or for an owner-developer where the statute allows). Form 549 is the application, and you cannot operate independently. Broker-salesperson is a separate NRED license (broker-level education, working under another broker), not this entry-level salesperson license. Inactive/active status changes and broker association are scored license-maintenance items on the 40-item state exam.

Pearson VUE (pearsonvue.com/us/en/nv/realestate.html; (888) 248-8055; handbook #092900, July 2025). Pay NRED at red.prod.secure.nv.gov first. Nevada does not use PSI. Combination exam $100. · Fee: $100

NAC 645.207 sets the examination fee at $100 for original or reinstatement as broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson. Per the handbook, each retake costs the same as the initial examination. If you pass one part and fail the other, retake only the failed part within twelve (12) months; after twelve months, sit both again. Visit red.prod.secure.nv.gov before rescheduling. The two-for-one combination discount applies when both portions are selected the same day. OnVUE broker exams are not eligible for the combination discount; the salesperson combination is $100.

These are commission or testing-vendor amounts we can cite. School tuition and optional preparation products are private-market prices.

NRED's Salesperson Initial License Requirements page lists a fee of $140.00. The application and initialLicense values here are that same $140, not two separate charges. NRS 645.830 still lists $85 original salesperson + $40 ERRF = $125, and Pearson handbook #092900 still lists $125; this guide uses NRED's current figure. The renewal value comes from NRS 645.830 ($140 salesperson renewal plus $40 ERRF = $180) because NRED's renewal page did not display a dollar amount. Exam $100 (NAC 645.207 and the Pearson fee table). NRED's page does not list the fingerprint vendor fee. NRED charges a 2% convenience fee on credit-card transactions. Confirm the amount in My Account before you pay.

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  Registering with PSI, or sitting a California Pearson exam, for a Nevada score

  Nevada real estate is Pearson VUE under handbook #092900, after you pay NRED. A California score will not post.

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  Filing a 90-hour or 135-hour certificate from a neighboring state as the 18-hour Nevada-law block

  NAC 645.435 names NRS 113, 116, 119, 119A, 645, 645C and 645D. NRED still requires Principles 45 + Law 45 including those 18.

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  Letting Form 619 fingerprints age past two months

  Per NRED, fingerprints expire after two (2) months. Sign the waiver first. This is not a year, and not Oregon's one-year clearance.

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  Assuming 75% means only 60 of 80 national items, without passing the 40-item Nevada exam

  You must pass both parts. The state exam is 40 scored items in 90 minutes, covering Consent to Act, SRPD, CIC, water rights, and the ERRF.

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  Paying the handbook's $125 because NRS 645.830 still lists it

  NRED's Initial License Requirements page lists $140. Confirm in My Account. The $40 ERRF is set by statute either way.

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  Relying on a 24-hour or 30-hour CE figure from another source as if it were NAC 645.448

  Subsequent salesperson CE is 36 named hours. First-year postlicensing is 15 modules, with no clock-hour total in the NAC text. Postlicensing is not CE.

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  Sitting the 50-item broker state exam as an entry salesperson, or the reverse

  The salesperson state exam is 40 items. The broker/broker-salesperson state exam is 50. The broker combination is 130 items / 240 minutes.

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  Skipping the NRED exam-fee payment and trying to pay Pearson at the center

  Per the handbook, pay the Division at red.prod.secure.nv.gov. Fees will not be accepted at the test center.

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  Reading Duties Owed, Consent to Act, or Nevada water rights as extra-credit trivia

  They are scored state items specific to Nevada.

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  Starting the 45-hour Broker Management course because a source called Nevada a broker-entry state

  Nevada still issues a salesperson license after 120 hours. Broker-salesperson is a different license. Oregon, not Nevada, is the neighbor with no salesperson license.

NRS 645.332 is not a named-partner agreement. A salesperson applicant who holds a license in good standing from another state/territory/DC whose salesperson requirements are substantially equivalent, and who passed that jurisdiction's exam, is not required to pass the uniform/national portion, but must still sit the Nevada state exam. Per NRED, licensed out-of-state applicants skip the 15-hour contracts course and the 15-hour agency course; they do not skip the 18 hours of Nevada law. A broker or broker-salesperson license by reciprocity is available only if that jurisdiction has entered a reciprocal agreement with the Commission (NRS 645.332(2)). This guide does not list partner states; confirm any current agreement with NRED. A California or Arizona license does not waive the Nevada law requirement.

Nevada vs neighboring states

Hours are the pre-license total printed in each guide; states that count credits or named courses show “See guide.” Published state fees add the application, exam, initial-license, and fingerprint amounts the guide can cite — tuition is not included.

How many prelicense hours, and what are the named blocks?

One hundred twenty hours, per NRED's Salesperson Initial License Requirements page: Principles 45, Law 45 that must include 18 hours of Nevada law, contracts 15, and agency 15 (3 hours on the foundation of the broker-agent relationship + 3 hours risk reduction). NAC 645.435 is the regulation behind those blocks.

Do licensed out-of-state applicants skip the 120?

No. Per NRED, they are not required to take the 15-hour contracts course or the 15-hour agency course. They still need Principles, Nevada law, the Pearson Nevada state exam, and Form 619 prints. NRS 645.332 can waive only the uniform/national portion if the other license is substantially equivalent and in good standing.

What is the exam like?

Pearson VUE, not PSI. Pay NRED the $100 combination fee first. National: 80 scored items in 150 minutes; Nevada: 40 scored items in 90 minutes; 75% required on each (handbook #092900, July 2025). The combination runs 240 minutes. Split retakes must be completed within 12 months, and scores are valid for 12 months.

Why does the handbook still say $125 for the license?

Pearson #092900 and NRS 645.830 still list $125 ($85 original salesperson + $40 ERRF). NRED's Initial License Requirements page lists a fee of $140.00. This guide uses NRED's figure because the handbook and statute have not been updated. Confirm the amount in My Account.

How long do fingerprints last?

Two months, per NRED, not a year. Sign the waiver before you are printed, and use a vendor from the Form 619 list.

Is first renewal 30 hours of postlicensing?

NAC 645.4442 requires a prescribed postlicensing course in at least 15 named modules, with proof within the first year immediately after initial licensing, taught live unless a rural distance-education exception is approved. The NAC text does not set a clock-hour total. Subsequent renewals require 36 named CE hours under NAC 645.448 (agency 3, NV law 3, contracts 6, ethics 3, risk reduction 3, 18 electives). Postlicensing does not count as CE. Disregard sources that cite 24 or 30 hours as if they were in the regulation.

What is Consent to Act?

A scored Nevada agency item on the 40-item state exam, tested alongside Duties Owed, Confirmation of Agency Relationship, and Waiver and Authorization to Negotiate Directly with the Seller. It is not another state's NAR dual-agency form.

Is there a recovery fund line?

Yes. NRS 645.841–8494 establishes the Education, Research and Recovery Fund. NRS 645.830 charges $40 at original licensing and $40 at renewal. It is a scored Commission-powers item on the state exam. Owner-developers do not contribute (NRS 645.843).

Can I test with PSI?

No. Nevada real estate exams are delivered by Pearson VUE under handbook #092900. PSI results will not post to NRED.

Where is the Division?

3300 W. Sahara Avenue, Ste. 350, Las Vegas, NV 89102, (702) 486-4033; and 1818 East College Parkway, Suite 110, Carson City, NV 89706-7986, (775) 684-1900. Website red.nv.gov. Pearson: (888) 248-8055.

What is a broker-salesperson?

A separate NRED license: broker-level education (64 semester credits, including the 45-hour Nevada Broker Management course that experience cannot replace), working under another broker, with an original fee of $160. It is not the entry-level 120-hour salesperson route. Broker-salesperson candidates sit the 50-item broker state exam, not the 40-item salesperson state exam.

Does Nevada still use the word salesperson?

Yes. NRED still uses the salesperson title; Oregon does not. Nevada is not a broker-entry state.