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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001017951-05-000496.txt : 20051116
<SEC-HEADER>0001017951-05-000496.hdr.sgml : 20051116
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051116130122
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001017951-05-000496
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051115
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051116
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051116

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NIC INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001065332
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES [8742]
		IRS NUMBER:				522077581
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12 CORPORATE WOODS 10975 BENSON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 390
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66210

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12 CORPORATE WOODS 10975 BENSON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 390
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66210

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATIONAL INFORMATION CONSORTIUM
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990618

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NATIONAL INFORMATION CONSORTIUM INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990504

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRADLEY WILLIAM F JR
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001180374

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26621
		FILM NUMBER:		051209051

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12 CORPORATE WOODS
		STREET 2:		10975 BENSON STREET 390
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			KS
		ZIP:			66210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8772343468

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12 CORPORATE WOODS
		STREET 2:		10975 BENSON STREET 390
		CITY:			OVERLAND PARK
		STATE:			MS
		ZIP:			66210
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-11-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001065332</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NIC INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EGOV</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001180374</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BRADLEY WILLIAM F JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NIC INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10540 SOUTH RIDGEVIEW ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OLATHE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66061</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel &amp; Sec.</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-11-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3350</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.1</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4628</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person also directly owns employee stock options to purchase 37,500 shares of NIC Inc. comon stock at $3.04 per share, exercisable in two equal annual installments, beginning on August 1, 2006.  The Reporting Person also indirectly owns 1,570,605 shares of NIC Inc. common stock which are held directly by the National Information Consortium Voting Trust, for which Messrs. Jeffery S. Fraser and Ross C. Hartley act as trustees, for the benefit of the Reporting Person as a direct beneficiary of the Trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Stephen M. Kovzan, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-11-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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