Nebraska Pesticide Applicator — License Examination Requirements

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This page provides licensing requirements, not a question bank. Review the applicable pathway and official sources below.

Licenses, application pathways and examination requirements

Each license and applicant pathway has its own requirements and exemptions. Choosing practice questions does not determine your eligibility.

Nebraska Aerial Pesticide Business License

Business authorization for aerial pesticide operations; individual aerial applicators also hold the applicable commercial applicator license.

Initial aerial pesticide business licensure

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Applicant: A person/company conducting or arranging aerial pesticide operations; government public-aircraft operations are exempt under § 2-2655(2).
Business Information: Provide applicant, officers/owners/partners, principal and additional departure locations, aircraft registration numbers, and every pilot’s Nebraska commercial applicator and FAA commercial pilot certificate numbers.
Faa Authorization: Provide the FAA Part 137 agricultural aircraft operator certificate; this other authorization is a condition.
Fee: Annual license fee of $100; submit initial/renewal application before beginning aerial operations.
Legal Presence: The NDA page requires verification of lawful presence for sole proprietors.
Nonresident: Designate a Nebraska resident agent or consent to Nebraska jurisdiction.
Pilot Licenses: Every aerial applicator must hold the applicable Nebraska applicator authorization and operate under the aerial business license holder. Pilots’ underlying exams belong to their own applicator licensing routes.
Renewal Notice: NDA sends current license holders renewal notices at calendar-year end; renewal is due before operations in the following year, not on a fixed date.

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Aerial pesticide business license renewal

No examination is required for this applicant pathway.

Applicant: A person/company conducting or arranging aerial pesticide operations; government public-aircraft operations are exempt under § 2-2655(2).
Business Information: Provide applicant, officers/owners/partners, principal and additional departure locations, aircraft registration numbers, and every pilot’s Nebraska commercial applicator and FAA commercial pilot certificate numbers.
Faa Authorization: Provide the FAA Part 137 agricultural aircraft operator certificate; this other authorization is a condition.
Fee: Annual license fee of $100; submit initial/renewal application before beginning aerial operations.
Legal Presence: The NDA page requires verification of lawful presence for sole proprietors.
Nonresident: Designate a Nebraska resident agent or consent to Nebraska jurisdiction.
Pilot Licenses: Every aerial applicator must hold the applicable Nebraska applicator authorization and operate under the aerial business license holder. Pilots’ underlying exams belong to their own applicator licensing routes.
Renewal Notice: NDA sends current license holders renewal notices at calendar-year end; renewal is due before operations in the following year, not on a fixed date.

Effective from 2026-09-22.