Lis pendens is a legal term to describe a notice of pending litigation against real estate or real property. A lis pendens is a common tool used in Florida to put third parties on notice of a pending lawsuit against real estate.A lis pendens is the first filing made during the foreclosure process. Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms defines Lis Pendens as Latin for suit pending. The lis pendens real statute refers to a notice of a pending lawsuit filed in the public records of the county where a piece of property is located. A lis pendens is a legal document filed with the county clerk's office where the property is located. It serves as a public notice that a lawsuit is ongoing. 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. Yes you are going to have to draft the documents. It is not as simple as just filing a lien lis pendens.