Lis pendens is an official notice to the public that a lawsuit has been filed and a property has a claim against it. A lis pendens is an official, public notice that a property has a pending lawsuit or claim attached to it.Lis Pendens, meaning "pending lawsuit" in Latin, is a public notice indicating ongoing litigation involving real property. The Civil Code, as of 1992, provided that lis pendens should not have been filed unless you had already sued your ex's mother -- period, end of story. A notice of pendency, also known as lis pendens, is a provisional remedy available to litigants seeking a judgment that affects title to real property. A notice of a lis pendens (Latin for "suit pending") is an instrument filed in the real property records of a county that indicates a civil lawsuit is pending. Next, provide a description of the real estate involved in the suit. "In other words, the property against which the lis pendens is filed must be the subject matter of the underlying lawsuit. A purported lis pendens recorded before an action is filed in the proper court is of no effect and can be expunged. A lis pendens is a legal document filed in the chainoftitle of a real property that is the subject of, or which is affected by, a pending lawsuit.