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North Dakota Life & Health Insurance Agent Exam: Fees, Registration & Licensing Steps

Official exam fees, registration links, fingerprinting, license types, and non-resident notes — all in one place.

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Verified Nov 8, 2026 · Source: Candidate Information Bulletin, September 14, 2026

Testing vendor
PSI Services
Testing format
Not offered — licensing exams are in person at PSI test centers.
Before registering
Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.

Exam options & fees

  • Life (Product and Laws)$67License application basis: $100 · Source
  • Accident and Health or Sickness (Product and Laws)$67License application basis: $100 · Source
  • Credit$61License application basis: $100 · Source

License application amounts are not a new charge for every exam component. Separate examinations, combined examinations and discounted sessions are labeled above.

Other licensing costs

  • License application — standard Life / Health route$100Official source
  • NIPR transaction — only if applying through NIPR$5.60 per applicationOfficial source
  • Other vendor / processing chargesCheck the official page for any additional processing chargesOfficial source
  • Fingerprinting / backgroundFingerprinting costs are listed below. Some states collect them with your application; any included charge is not an additional fee.

Go directly to the official source

Register / schedule your examFind test centers / locationsCandidate handbook / official exam guideOfficial examination fee sourceState insurance licensing authorityResident license application requirements

Location and remote availability depend on examination eligibility, date and vendor rules.

Register for the North Dakota insurance agent exam

  1. Review the resident-producer eligibility and any education or approval requirements on the official state licensing page before booking.
  2. Open the official testing program; create an account using the legal name on your identification.
  3. Choose the correct examination and permitted testing format, select an appointment, and pay the official examination fee.
  4. Keep the confirmation. Review the handbook’s exact name-match, photo ID, certificate, check-in, cancellation and retake requirements.

After passing

Apply through NIPR after passing and complete the state’s remaining licensing requirements.

Fingerprinting & background checks

Requirement
Required, subject to listed exemptions
State instructions
All resident applicants must provide fingerprints for state and national criminal history checks; not required solely to add a class to an existing valid ND license.
Vendor / contact
PSI Bismarck/Fargo, or law enforcement/other fingerprint-card locations · North Dakota Insurance & Securities Department
Separate cost
$43 BCI processing + $29 PSI processing

When to fingerprint, fee details & official sources

When in the process
May fingerprint at PSI Bismarck/Fargo during regular testing hours on exam day. PSI mails consent, card and BCI payment to Department; if using another site, applicant submits.
Fee / route notes
PSI route totals $72 (calculated). Separate payments: $43 check payable North Dakota Attorney General; $29 to PSI. Non-PSI collection fees are not specified.
Official fingerprint scheduling / instructions

Additional life-related, restricted & specialty license types (2)

These are not shortcuts to unrestricted Life & Health authority. Appointment, securities, employer, tenure and exemption conditions can apply.

Non-resident licensing summary

Already licensed in another state? Qualifying matching Life / A&H authority usually does not require a new target-state exam. Home-state-dependent fees, fingerprint exemptions and other conditions differ from the resident path. Confirm your final eligibility and payment total on the official application.

Non-resident state fees

Life-only state application
$100
A&H-only state application
$100
Life + A&H in the same application
$100
NIPR transaction — separate, only for NIPR applications
$5.60 general initial-application transaction fee; confirm the final charge for your selected state and application with NIPR before paying.

Per application; no amendment fee.

Fingerprinting & background

Requirement
Not required on the qualifying reciprocal pathway — see official scope and exceptions
State instructions
ND nonresident producer page explicitly says fingerprints are not required.

Continuing education and other notes

No additional North Dakota CE while home-state license remains in good standing. Renew/continue license biennially; continuation fee is separate from initial $100. No ND fingerprints required for ordinary nonresident producer.

Non-resident license types

  • Insurance Producer

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    Life
    Fee
    $100

  • Insurance Producer

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    Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
    Fee
    $100

  • Insurance Producer

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    Life, Accident & Health (Health/Sickness)
    Fee
    $100

    Both authorities on one application, not necessarily a distinct combined license class.

General non-resident rules

  • Home-state identity/license record in NIPR Producer DatabaseApplication identifying/license/address fields specified on the NIPR target-state requirements page must match current resident-state PDB record. Correct home record before applying.

Official non-resident application links

NIPR online licensingNIPR target-state requirements and fees

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