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Persons Moving to Nebraska Who Presently Hold a Real Estate
License
in Their Resident Jurisdiction.
If you presently hold a real estate license in your state of residence and are moving to Nebraska,
or if you have already moved to Nebraska and still hold a license in your previous state of
residence, you may acquire the equivalent license in Nebraska by completing the
following items. You
must live in Nebraska before the license can be issued.
All applicants must:
- Submit completed fingerprint cards to the Nebraska State
Patrol. See Procedures Related to Required Criminal
Background Checks.
- Complete the three clock-hour
course approved by the Commission specific to the Nebraska
Real Estate License Act and Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 76-2401 to
76-2430. Submit course completion certificate prior
to license issuance. In order to avail yourself
of this education please refer to the course list provided
in this packet or on our website at http://www.nrec.state.ne.us/3hrcoursenotice.htm
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- Submit a completed Application for Licensure on the application form furnished by the Nebraska Real Estate
Commission at the equivalent level, salesperson or
broker, of the real estate license you hold in
your previous state of residence.
If you choose to utilize the electronic
application you must follow the instructions specific to that option located
at https://www.nebraska.gov/NREC/real/.
Prior to proceeding with the electronic filing of an application, it is
strongly recommended that you carefully review the Checklist
Help Guide and the Screen
Guide Menu. Print a copy of these documents to assist you throughout
the process. APPLICATION DEADLINES REMAIN THE SAME FOR ANY METHOD
UTILIZED.
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Educational Background: Nebraska statutes require all
applicants to be high school graduates or hold a certificate of
equivalency. If an applicant has received a GED (General Equivalency
Diploma) a copy of the diploma must be enclosed with the application.
Foreign High School Graduates
Please Note:
Applicants with foreign high school education must meet the same academic
requirements as applicants who have received their high school education in the
United States. To be used as a basis for issuance of a real estate salesperson
or broker license, documentation indicating that the foreign high school degree
is at least the equivalent of a high school degree granted in the United States
must be submitted as part of the application.
The high school degree must be determined equivalent by one of the
following documents:
1) A transcript from a United States college that indicates that the
individual’s high school education was sufficient to allow the individual to
be admitted into a post-secondary education program.
OR
2) Document-by-Document Evaluation Report verifying the equivalence of
the foreign high school graduate’s education to that of an American high
school education.
The Document Evaluation should be conducted through an education credential
evaluation service that holds membership in the National Association of
Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). Information about NACES and a contact
list of its member credentialing services can be
found on the Internet at: www.naces.org
or may be obtained by contacting NACES at:
NACES
C/O International
Education Research Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 3665
Culver City, CA 90231-3665
Phone: 310.258.9451
ext 140
Fax: 310.342.7086
We suggest that this documentation be obtained early in the application
process or prior to application being submitted.
- Under the "Statutory Education Requirement" section of the
Application for License indicate the name of the three clock-hour class required as
referenced in number two, above.
- Remit, with the application, the correct license fee.
Visa or MasterCard will be accepted. Debit cards will NOT be accepted.
$30.00 Processing Fee Charged For All Returned Payments
- Submit proof or cause to have proof submitted of Errors and Omissions Insurance Coverage.
Persons seeking real estate licenses on an inactive status need not supply this. (See
Errors and Omissions Insurance Fact Sheet,
Enrollment Form and brochure concerning the
State-offered Plan. Errors and
Omission forms and premiums must be submitted directly to the insurer.)
Persons seeking real estate licenses on inactive status need not supply this.
- Submit or cause to have submitted a "Certification of Licensure History", issued by the resident
jurisdiction's real estate regulatory body
indicating the applicant's license is current and in good standing. Please note:
Colorado licensees will need to submit the long form
Certified License History with seal. A Colorado Broker Associate is
equivalent to a Nebraska Salesperson. These documents
must not be more than 30 days old at the time the Nebraska license will be issued.
- File, with the application, the "Affidavit",
regarding being bound by the Nebraska
Real Estate License Act and Rules and Regulations.
- Include a photograph which meets the following criteria: a passport-type;
head-and-shoulders photo of the applicant only, at least 2" x 2" in
size, which was taken within the last year. Snapshots are acceptable if they meet these criteria.
Applicants who wish to have the initial license issued on inactive status
must provide a signed statement requesting said status.
Applicants who will be performing activities as active salespersons or associate
brokers must supply the following:
- The License Issuance Form
or a letter from their Nebraska employing broker indicating the broker's willingness to employ
and supervise the salesperson or associate broker.
- The License Issuance Form or a signed statement from the applicant agreeing to be employed by the Nebraska
employing broker.
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Broker applicants (other than associate brokers as described above) must also:
- Open and maintain a Real Estate Trust Account in an authorized financial
institution located in Nebraska in the same
name as the applicant will be doing business. (Submit the completed Consent
to Examine Trust Account Form with the application for each trust
account)
- If the applicant will be operating under a trade name
in Nebraska, the applicant must:
- Make a proper filing with the Nebraska Secretary of State.
- Submit a copy of the certified trade name registration and a copy of proof
of publication in any Nebraska newspaper prior to licensure with the Nebraska
Real Estate Commission.
- The trust account(s) would be in the trade name.
- If the applicant will be operating as a partnership in Nebraska, the
applicant must:
- Make a proper filing with the Nebraska Secretary of State.
- Submit a copy of the certified trade name registration and a copy of proof
of publication in any Nebraska newspaper prior to licensure with the Nebraska
Real Estate Commission.
- Submit the name(s) of the partner(s) and their residence addresses.
- If the partner(s) other than the designated broker, either individually or
together, own controlling interest, then the partner(s) must subordinate to
the designated broker full authority to operate the real estate business
without interference. The Partnership Subordination Resolution must be completed and
submitted with the application or you can submit the Partnership
Subordination Resolution form online.
- The trust account(s) would be in the trade name.
- If the applicant will be operating as a corporation in Nebraska,
the applicant must:
- Make a proper filing with the Nebraska Secretary of State.
1. If a Nebraska corporation, file the Articles of
incorporation with the Nebraska Secretary of State. Submit a copy of the
Articles of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State, and a copy of
proof of publication in any Nebraska newspaper to the Commission, along with a
list of all stockholders of the corporation, including the percentage of
interest in the corporation held by each shareholder and each shareholder's
address; and a list of the officers of the corporation, including each
officer's address.
2. If a foreign corporation, register the Certificate of
Authority to Transact Business in the State of Nebraska form with the Nebraska
Secretary of State. Submit a copy of the certified Certificate of
Authority to the Commission, along with a copy of the Articles of
Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State; a list of all
stockholders of the corporation, including the percentage of interest in the
corporation held by each shareholder and each shareholder's address; and a
list of the officers of the corporation, including each officer's
address.
- If the designated broker is not the majority stockholder in the corporation, a
subordination resolution giving the broker full authority over the real estate activities must be
included or you can submit the subordination
resolution form online.
- If the corporation will be operating under a trade name, then a trade name
filing must also be made in accordance with #2 above.
- The trust account(s) must be in the name of the corporation, unless the
corporation also has a trade name and will be operating under the trade
name. In this case, the trust account(s) would be in the trade name.
- If the applicant will be operating as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), the
applicant must:
- Make a proper filing with the Nebraska Secretary of State.
1. If the LLC will be operating as a resident LLC, the
Certificate of Registration
application form (download
form or submit online)
must be completed and submitted to the Commission, along with the $25.00 fee. The Certificate of
Registration and the LLC application and attendant documents must then be filed with the Secretary
of State. Submit a copy of the Articles of Organization, as filed
with the Secretary of State, and a copy of proof of publication in any Nebraska newspaper to the
Commission with the application.
2. If the LLC will be operating as a non-resident LLC,
the Foreign Application
for Certificate of Authority Limited Liability Company form must be filed with
the
Nebraska Secretary of State. Submit a copy of the certified Certificate
of Authority along with a copy of the Articles of Organization, as filed with the Secretary
of State, to the Commission with the application.
- The Limited
Liability Company Subordination Resolution must be completed and enclosed
with your
application or you can submit the Limited
Liability Company Subordination Resolution form online.
- If the LLC will be operating under a trade name, then a trade name filing
must also be made in accordance with #2 above.
- The trust account(s) must be in the name of the LLC, except if the LLC also
has a trade name and will be operating under the trade name. In this
case, the trust account(s) would be in the trade name.
- If your principle business will be in something other than
real estate and you wish to supervise affiliated licensees you will be
required to overcome the presumption cited below:
"It shall be presumed that a
duly licensed broker whose principal
business is other than that of a real estate broker is unable to
supervise licensed employees and said broker shall not be allowed to
employ a real estate salesperson or an associate broker until such
presumption is overcome by satisfactory evidence to the contrary."
You will be required to submit the Survey to Address
the Presumption cited above.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Nebraska Real Estate
Commission Office at (402) 471-2004 or email: realestate.commission@nebraska.gov
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