A lis pendens is a common tool used in Florida to put third parties on notice of a pending lawsuit against real estate. Lis pendens is a legal term to describe a notice of pending litigation against real estate or real property.A lis pendens, Latin for "lawsuit pending," is a written notice to the public that a lawsuit has been filed involving a piece of real estate. Read Form 1.918 - LIS PENDENS, Fl. R. Civ. P. form 1.918, see flags on bad law, and search Casetext's comprehensive legal database. Visit your county recorder's office and ask to file a Notice of Lis Pendens. Documents filed in lawsuits reside in the Clerk of Court's records. Title to real property lives in the public or official records of a county in Florida. A statement of the relief sought as to the property. 2. "Lis Pendens" is a Latin term meaning "suit pending.