A notice of pendency (also known as a lis pendens ) is a written notice of a judicial proceeding that affects the ownership of property.
Generally, filing fees for legal documents, including Lis Pendens, are determined by the local government or court where the filing takes place. These fees can range from a relatively low amount to several hundred dollars.
LIS PENDENS – A notice recorded in the official records of a county to indicate that an action affecting a particular property has been filed in either a state or a federal court.
LIS PENDENS – A notice recorded in the official records of a county to indicate that an action affecting a particular property has been filed in either a state or a federal court.
A lien created by ORS 87.503 (Lien for long term care) shall not continue in existence for a period of more than 10 years after the date on which the lien was perfected under ORS 87.507 (Perfecting lien).
Lis pendens means “pending lawsuit.” Under common law, filing a complaint “concerning real property” was constructive notice to buyers that they would take subject to the suit. Oregon now requires plaintiffs to record a separate Notice of Lis Pendens to secure their interest in the property.
ORS 93.740. The statute allows lis pendens “in all suits in which the title to or any interest in or lien upon real property is involved, affected or brought in question.” Id. The subject of the lawsuit “must be an actual interest in real property, not merely a speculative future one.” Doughty v.
File a request with the court to remove the lis pendens. Provide the legal reasons the lis pendens is improper, offering proof, for example, that the lis pendens affects real estate that is not connected to the litigation. If the lawsuit is frivolous and merely intended to harass the property owner, offer proof.
A lis pendens has no life of its own apart from the lawsuit that underlies it. If there is no lawsuit, there can be no valid lis pendens. “A lis pendens operates only during the pendency of the underlying suit, and only as to those matters that are involved in the suit.