# New Jersey Real Estate License Search (NJ DOBI) (`lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper`) Actor

Verify New Jersey real estate licenses from the official NJ Department of Banking & Insurance database — brokers, broker-salespersons, salespersons, referral agents, and real estate companies. Search by name, reference number, or license type. Returns status and business address.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## New Jersey Real Estate License Search (NJ DOBI)

Search and verify **New Jersey real estate licenses** directly from the official **NJ Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) Real Estate Commission** licensee database.

Covers every license type regulated by the NJ Real Estate Commission:

- **Brokers of Record**
- **Broker-Salespersons**
- **Salespersons** (including referral salespersons)
- **Real Estate Companies** & referral companies
- **Branch Offices**

### What you get

Each record includes:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `licenseeName` | Licensee full name (LAST,FIRST) or company name |
| `empRefNum` | Employing broker/company reference number |
| `refNum` | Licensee reference number (unique ID) |
| `businessName` | Employing brokerage / company name |
| `businessAddress` | Business street address, city, state, zip |
| `licenseType` | SALESPERSON, BROKER OF RECORD, REAL ESTATE COMPANY, etc. |
| `status` | ACTIVELY LICENSED, INACTIVE, SUSPENDED, REVOKED, SURRENDERED |
| `authorities` | Disciplinary/authority flags where present |

### Use cases

- **License verification** — confirm an agent or broker holds an active NJ license before closing, referral, or onboarding
- **Compliance & KYB** — screen counterparties for suspended, revoked, or surrendered licenses
- **Recruiting** — build lists of active salespersons and broker-salespersons by brokerage
- **Brokerage intelligence** — enumerate all licensees attached to a competing brokerage
- **MLS & platform trust** — keep marketplace agent rosters verified and current

### Input

```json
{
    "licenseeName": "Smith",
    "licenseType": "salesperson",
    "licenseStatus": "ACTIVELY LICENSED",
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

- Search by `licenseeName` **or** `licenseeRefNum` (7-digit) — not both.
- `licenseType` alone works too (e.g. all `real estate company` records).
- `maxResults: 0` = unlimited.

### Output sample

```json
{
    "licenseeName": "SMITH,JACQUELINE",
    "empRefNum": "1541819",
    "refNum": "9808276",
    "businessName": "AMERICA'S ELITE GROUP LLC",
    "businessAddress": "593 JERSEY AVENUE, JERSEY CITY,NJ 07302",
    "licenseType": "SALESPERSON",
    "status": "ACTIVELY LICENSED",
    "authorities": "N/A",
    "source": "New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (Real Estate Commission)",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-16T04:30:00.000Z"
}
```

### Why this actor

The NJ DOBI licensee search has **no public API** — this actor handles the session flow, server-side pagination, and HTML parsing for you and returns clean, structured JSON. Data comes straight from the official state source, so it is always current.

# Actor input Schema

## `licenseeName` (type: `string`):

Person or company name (e.g. Smith). Cannot be combined with licenseeRefNum. Note: the state search strips spaces and punctuation.

## `licenseeRefNum` (type: `string`):

Exact 7-digit NJ licensee reference number. Cannot be combined with licenseeName.

## `licenseType` (type: `string`):

NJ Real Estate Commission license type. Leave empty for all types.

## `licenseStatus` (type: `string`):

Filter by license status. Leave empty for all statuses.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of licensee records to return. Set to 0 for unlimited (server paginates 50 per page).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "licenseeName": "Smith",
  "licenseeRefNum": "",
  "licenseType": "",
  "licenseStatus": "",
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "licenseeName": "Smith"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "licenseeName": "Smith" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "licenseeName": "Smith"
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/nj-real-estate-license-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HrOowT2tRjmggLnDi/builds/dB8bgSNL5Z9aFAjwF/openapi.json