New Jersey Banking Department
20 West State Street
PO Box 325
Trenton, NJ 08625
To register for a New Jersey NMLS licensing class phone 609-503-4843
New Jersey Banking Department licensed mortgage loan officers require 20 hours of pre-licensing education; The national 20-hour class including 4 hours of New Jersey state law.
All states require a national exam for licensing. New Jersey does not require an additional state test, requires 4 hours of state law for those who are currently NMLS-licensed elsewhere, and requires 12 hours of continuing education (CE) annually for NMLS-licensed mortgage loan officers, 2 of which must be state law.