Lis Pendens is a legal term meaning "lawsuit pending" and serves as a public notice filed against a property involved in litigation. To file and record a lis pendens against real estate, the claimant must have made a "real property claim" in the underlying litigation.Lis pendens is a notice lenders use when they initiate a foreclosure sale. 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 latin term and is defined as, "a pending legal action, or a notice thereof. " In the real estate world, it means a notice, filed in a court. The office of the Recorder of Deeds is responsible for maintaining all land records and documents in Montgomery County, as well as other documents. A lis pendens is a 'notice, recorded in the chain of title to real property to warn all persons that certain property is the subject matter of litigation.