Filing a notice of lis pendens or a "pending lawsuit notice" is vital to avoid property sales during active litigation. First, you can only file a lis pendens if you have a pending lawsuit with the circuit court.Yes you are going to have to draft the documents. It is not as simple as just filing a lien lis pendens. A notice of pendency of action or lis pendens is a statutory procedure designed to give constructive notice of a lawsuit affecting real property. 1. You must first file a lawsuit in which title to the property is at issue between the parties; 2. The purpose of a lis pendens is to give the public notice that a lawsuit is pending that affects title to real property. In Arizona, how much would it cost (roughly) to file a lis pendens?