The Real Property Department records documents pertaining to real property or real estate in Harris County. Content and Recording of a Lis Pendens.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. Harris County Lis Pendens Form. Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements. Lis pendens occurs when a legal action is filed and reported to the county or state for a specific real estate property. Lis Pendens, meaning "pending lawsuit" in Latin, is a public notice indicating ongoing litigation involving real property. Under Civil Code sec. A lis pendens is a tool for notifying the public, interested persons included, that certain real property is subject to the outcome of pending litigation. 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.