However, once any litigation has been resolved, a lis pendens can be removed through a Florida Release of Lis Pendens. This legal document will formally remove the lis pendens so that the property title is clear.
(2) A notice of lis pendens is not effectual for any purpose beyond 1 year from the commencement of the action and will expire at that time, unless the relief sought is disclosed by the pending pleading to be founded on a duly recorded instrument or on a lien claimed under part I of chapter 713 against the property ...
(2) A notice of lis pendens is not effectual for any purpose beyond 1 year from the commencement of the action and will expire at that time, unless the relief sought is disclosed by the pending pleading to be founded on a duly recorded instrument or on a lien claimed under part I of chapter 713 against the property ...
To properly file a lis pendens in connection with such litigation, the plaintiff must show in its pending pleading that the lawsuit is “founded on a duly recorded instrument,” which is a document such as a deed or mortgage recorded in the public records where the property is located. Fla. Stat. § 48.23(3).
The titleholder can sell a property and transfer the deed to someone else while subject to a lis pendens. However, most title companies will not provide insurance for homes with a lis pendens, and closing agents may close with the lien being bonded.
How to File a Notice of Lis Pendens Name of the parties. Date of the institution of the action, the date of the clerk's electronic receipt, or the case number of the action. The name of the court in which it is pending. A description of the property involved or to be affected.
A lis pendens notice will be recorded in the county public records, and a copy of the notice will be sent to the property owner.
In Florida “no judgment, order, or decree of any court shall be a lien upon real or personal property within the state after the expiration of 20 years from the date of the entry of such judgment.”18 In order to retain a lien for the maximum period of 20 years, the certified copy of the judgment must be recorded ...
A Lis Pendens Depends on an Underlying Lawsuit 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.
The titleholder can sell a property and transfer the deed to someone else while subject to a lis pendens. However, most title companies will not provide insurance for homes with a lis pendens, and closing agents may close with the lien being bonded.