Filing the Petition on affected certificates of title provides notice of the pendency of the proceeding to anyone acquiring an interest in the land. A list pendens is a legal document filed in Pennsylvania to notify the public that a property is involved in a lawsuit.A lis pendens is a filing only providing notice that a lawsuit involving a dispute over ownership to real estate is being litigated. A notice of lis pendens in the foreclosure suit was filed in the office of the register of deeds on March 3, 1904.