Nevada Real Estate Exam Topics: Full Breakdown (2025)

Nevada's exam has 120 questions: 80 national and 40 state-specific.

National Section: 80 Questions Property ownership (including community property — Nevada is one of 9 community property states), land use, valuation, financing (TRID, deed of trust), agency (fiduciary duties), contracts, fair housing (7 federal classes).

Nevada-Specific Section: 40 Questions

Nevada License Law — NRS Chapter 645 (15-18 questions) - NRED under Dept of Business & Industry; Administrator has authority - Nevada Real Estate Commission: 5 members (advisory) - License types: salesperson, broker-salesperson, broker - Prelicense: 120 hours for salesperson - License renewal: every 2 years - CE: 24 hours per cycle (mandatory: 3 hrs agency, 3 hrs ethics, 3 hrs contracts, 3 hrs Nevada law; 12 hrs elective) - Violations and disciplinary authority

Agency in Nevada (8-10 questions) - Seller's agent, buyer's agent, dual agent - "Licensee acting as agent" = representing a party - "Facilitator" (non-agent) = assisting transaction without representation - Written agency disclosure required; written buyer agency agreement for buyer representation - Dual agency: written consent from both parties

Nevada Transfer Tax and Community Property (8-10 questions) - Real Property Transfer Tax: $1.95 per $500 of consideration (0.39%) - Community property state: property acquired during marriage is 50/50 community property - Both spouses must sign the deed/contract to convey community real property - Separate property: owned before marriage, gifts, or inheritances - Deed of trust state (non-judicial foreclosure via trustee's sale)

Nevada Disclosures (5-7 questions) - Seller's Real Property Disclosure required for residential sales - HOA disclosures (Nevada has many HOA communities, especially Las Vegas) - Lead paint, radon, environmental hazards

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