Agents license: Qualifications; application; fees; conviction of or pleas to certain crimes by applicant or licensee sufficient ground for denial, suspension or revocation; fingerprints. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 689.520
in effect1. To qualify for an agents license, the applicant:
(a) Must file a written application with the Commissioner on forms prescribed by the Commissioner;
(b) Must have a good business and personal reputation; and
(c) Must not have been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to, forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud or any crime involving moral turpitude.
2. The application must:
(a) Contain information concerning the applicants identity, address, social security number, personal background and business, professional or work history.
(b) Contain such other pertinent information as the Commissioner may require.
(c) Be accompanied by the statement required pursuant to NRS 689.258 .
(d) Be accompanied by the applicable fee established in NRS 680B.010 , which is not refundable, and, in addition to any other fee or charge, all applicable fees required pursuant to NRS 680C.110 .
3. A conviction of, or plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere by, an applicant or licensee for any crime listed in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 is a sufficient ground for the Commissioner to deny a license to the applicant, or to suspend or revoke the agents license pursuant to NRS 689.535 .
4. A natural person who is a resident of this State must, as part of his or her application and at the applicants own expense:
(a) Arrange to have a complete set of his or her fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity acceptable to the Commissioner; and
(b) Submit to the Commissioner:
(1) A completed fingerprint card and written permission authorizing the Commissioner to submit the applicants fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary; or
(2) Written verification, on a form prescribed by the Commissioner, stating that the fingerprints of the applicant were taken and directly forwarded electronically or by another means to the Central Repository and that the applicant has given written permission to the law enforcement agency or other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary.
5. The Commissioner may:
(a) Unless the applicants fingerprints are directly forwarded pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4, submit those fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Commissioner deems necessary; and
(b) Request from each such agency any information regarding the applicants background as the Commissioner deems necessary.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-689.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026