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, N.J.S.A. 45:15-9. To enforce this requirement, all applicants for licensure must submit to a criminal history record check.
Prerequisites to qualify for a New Jersey real estate salesperson’s license:
Prerequisites to qualify for a New Jersey real estate salesperson’s license:
- Applicant must be 18 years of age
- Be a legal resident of the United States
- Have a high school education or equivalency certificate
- The absence of any convictions: 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
- Complete a 75 hour prelicensure course at a licensed school
- Attend 80% of the 75 hours
- Achieve a passing grade of 70% to receive a Certificate of Satisfactory Completion
- Pass the NJ REC License exam
- Provide responses to “screening questions” that relate to the statutory qualifications to receive a real estate license
- Registration Policy:
- Registration is accepted on a first-paid, first-confirmed basis. Upon receipt of your registration and payment you will receive an email confirmation of your registration. Registration and class sized may be limited. Students must provide a copy of a valid US ID (i.e. driver’s license or passport)
