45:15-11. Any citizen of New Jersey who has served in the armed forces of the United States or who served as a member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans’ benefits, who has been honorably discharged, and who, having been wounded or disabled in the line of duty, has completed a program of courses in real estate approved by the New Jersey Real Estate Commission, and who has successfully passed an examination conducted by said commission qualifying him to operate as a real estate broker, broker-salesperson, or salesperson, may, upon presentation of a certificate certifying that he has completed such program of courses as aforesaid, obtain without cost from the commission and without qualification through experience as a salesperson, a license to operate as a real estate broker, broker-salesperson, or a real estate salesperson, as the case may be, which licenses shall be the same as other licenses issued under R.S.45:15-1 et seq. Renewal of licenses may be granted under this section for each ensuing license term, upon request, without fees therefor.

amended 1953, c.77, s.2; 1977, c.331, s.6; 1991, c.389, s.33; 1993, c.51, s.11; 1996, c.38, s.2; 2009, c.238, s.7; 2018, c.71, s.7.