Licensed Court Interpreters
Exam Results
Inquiries for exam results will not be replied to prior to the established timeframes of 90 days from the exam date for oral exams, and 30 days from the exam date for written exams. We receive many of these inquiries after each exam and each takes time to respond to which delays the processing of results. Thank you for your understanding.
- Examinees cannot request their exams to be graded by a specific rater.
- You will be officially notified of your results by email to the address provided on your registration form.
- Exam results will not be released or discussed by telephone.
- Exam results will not be provided to, or discussed with, a third party, including your employer.
- Your notification of exam results indicates if you passed or failed, as well as your score.
- If you failed the overall oral exam by 1 percent point, not a section of the oral exam, a re-score may be requested.
- Re-scores are conducted at the discretion of the JBCC, per NCSC guidelines.
- Examinees are responsible for paying any re-score fees.
- Re-score results are final and cannot be appealed.
- If you failed the overall oral exam by 1 percent point, not a section of the oral exam, a re-score may be requested.
- Results for the written exam will be provided to you within 30 days of the exam date, as provided by Rule 3.10(a) of the JBCC Rules. Examinees will be notified if results will be delayed for longer than 90 days after the exam.
- Results for the oral exam will be provided to you within 90 days of the exam date, as provided by Rule 3.10(b) of the JBCC Rules.
- Per section 152.201 (c-1) of Chapter 152 and section 3.10 (d) of the JBCC Rules, passing exam scores are valid for a period of 2 years after the date of the examination. If you've not become licensed within 2 years of passing the exam, you must retake the exam passed.
- Per section 9.3 of the JBCC Rules, applicants who fail the exam must wait six months before re-examination; therefore, any applicant who fails the exam cannot re-register for the exam more than 30 days before the next eligible exam date. For example, if you test in September 2021 and fail, and the next exam you're eligible for is in March of 2022, the earliest you can re-apply is February of 2022.
- Requests for written examination regrades must be submitted via the online application within 30 days after receiving notice of the initial exam results (i.e., within 30 days from the date of notification). The regrade fee can be found in the Fees section below.
Written exam applicants must score as follows before they can apply for the Oral exam:
- exam score of 108 or higher (i.e., 80% or more) is considered passing.
Oral exam applicants must score as follows before a license can be issued:
- at least 60% on each part of the oral exam for a Basic designation, or
- at least 70% on each part for a Master designation.
Licensure
After you have passed the exam, your application for licensure will be processed. Please allow up to 30 days from the date you receive your exam results for your licensure card to be issued.
Licensure cards will be issued by regular mail to the primary mailing address on file.
Once you’re licensed, you will receive an automated email from our system advising that your new license application has been approved. Please check your inbox (and spam folder) for this correspondence. Once you receive this email, or you get your licensure card in the mail, or verify your licensure online, whichever comes first, you may begin to provide court interpreting services.