Lis Pendens is a legal term meaning "lawsuit pending" and serves as a public notice filed against a property involved in litigation. A list pendens is a legal document filed in Pennsylvania to notify the public that a property is involved in a lawsuit.Visit your county recorder's office and ask to file a Notice of Lis Pendens. A lis pendens is a notice filed with the Court (in the office of the Prothonotary or Office of Judicial Support) designed to put the entire world on notice. A lis pendens is a filing only providing notice that a lawsuit involving a dispute over ownership to real estate is being litigated. Included on this page are forms for filing civil complaints, private criminal complaints and notices of settlement when cases are privately resolved. (c) Notice of lis pendens.