APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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Legal Name
in order to determine if you are qualified and to avoid
problems with inadequate documentation of qualifications.
Enter in Item 2 your true legal name, including full first
and middle names. Include on the line with your last name
License Issuance Procedures After Examination Is Passed
any applicable suffix (JR, III, etc.). Do not enter a nickname
or initial. Your legal name is the name you were given at
Please allow seven days for receipt of your license after you
birth or have subsequently acquired through marriage, court
have passed the license examination. If there are “character
order or adoption. Typically, it should also be the name that
issues” connected with your application, see the below
appears on your driver license (with the possible exception
instruction regarding such applications.
of a middle initial on your driver license instead of your full
middle name). If your current legal first and last names
Application Procedures for Applicants with Character
do not appear on your driver license, you should have your
Issues
driver license reissued in your current legal name to avoid
identification problems when you appear for your real estate
An applicant is considered to have a “character issue”
license examination.
requiring special consideration anytime the applicant
either: (1) Has a criminal record report showing a criminal
Criminal Record Report Requirement
conviction; (2) has answered (or should have answered) “Yes”
to any of Items 16, 17 or 18 on the application form; or (3)
You must obtain a criminal record report from the agency
has any other past experience that may reflect adversely on
listed below and submit such report with your application. A
his/her character.
report prepared by CRC within the previous six months is
the only report acceptable to the Commission.
Any “character issue” for an applicant is only considered
after the applicant has passed the license examination or
(CRC)
otherwise satisfied all license qualifications other than that of
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demonstrating good character. At that point, an application
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involving a character issue is evaluated by the Commission’s
Telephone (toll free): 877-272-0266 Ext 2651
Executive Director and License Application Analyst and,
Telephone (direct): 919-459-2651
if necessary, the Commission itself at its next monthly
meeting, and the applicant is then notified in writing of the
CRC will collect from the applicant all personal
Commission’s decision.
information necessary to conduct a search of criminal
records in the state and/or county of each different place of
If you have a “character issue” in connection with your
residence during the past seven years and the searches will
application, you should be aware of this at the time you file your
be conducted for each different name used by the applicant.
application and should allow the Commission 45 days after
The company’s report will show all felony and misdemeanor
passing the license examination to complete its evaluation before
convictions (including most serious traffic convictions) on
inquiring about the status of your application. An inquiry
record for an applicant, not just those that occurred in the past
may be made by the Commission to obtain additional
seven years. CRC is authorized to charge a separate fee for
information about your character. This may include further
(1) collecting and verifying personal data, (2) each state or
search of criminal and civil records and/or a credit report.
county record searched and (3) each additional name for
The Commission also may request additional information
which a search is conducted. Thus, the cost of obtaining the
from you and may require you to furnish fingerprints for the
criminal record report will vary depending on the number of
purpose of retrieving additional criminal history information.
different places you have resided during the past seven years
and the number of different names used by the applicant.
Reinstatement Applicants
Basic Qualification Requirements and Documentation
You must read the appropriate section on “License
Reinstatement” in the Real Estate Licensing in NC booklet
It is very important that you read carefully the section
and submit all applicable required enclosures listed on page
in the Real Estate Licensing in North Carolina booklet about
1 of the application.
basic qualification requirements/options and documentation
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