No notice of lis pendens shall be effective after five years from the date of its filing.
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.
The Lis Pendens is a public notification that the property is being foreclosed upon. If the homeowner attempts to sell the property or get a second mortgage, the title search will reveal the Lis Pendens and notify any interested party that the property's title is in question due to the pending foreclosure.
The Notice of Intention to Foreclose must be sent by regular and certified mail and cannot be sent more than 180 days before the commencement of such action. The Notice must contain all the information set forth in NJSA 2A:50-56 et seq.
If a tenant has a lease that lasts beyond 90 days after the date the new owner acquires the property, then the tenant can stay for the remaining term of their lease, unless the new owner will live in the property. In that case the tenant can be required to leave if the new owner gives the 90-day notice.
Once the complaint is filed, it enters a Lis pendens, meaning a suit is pending. The lender becomes the plaintiff, and the debtor becomes the defendant in the court record. The case receives a docket number. The plaintiff must serve the defendant with the foreclosure complaint.