Lis pendens is a notice that a property has a claim against it backed by a pending lawsuit. The notice must be filed with the Clerk of Court for the county you live in and is recorded in the county real estate records. A lawsuit must be pending before the notice can be filed and served.
Unless inconsistent with these rules, circuit and local rules regulating (1) court libraries, (2) memorial proceedings, (3) auditors, and (4) compensation of trustees in judicial sales are not repealed.
ACTION FOR RELEASE OF LIEN INSTRUMENT. When a mortgage or deed of trust remains unreleased of record, the mortgagor, grantor, or a successor in interest entitled by law to a release may file a complaint for release of the lien instrument in any county where the lien instrument is recorded.
RECOVERY OF PROPERTY OR VALUE AFTER JUDGMENT--DETINUE. (a) Action. (1) A person claiming the right to possession of personal property may file an action under this Rule.
In an action to which the doctrine of lis pendens applies, the filing in the land records of a county in which real property that is the subject of the action is located of either (1) a certified copy of the complaint giving rise to the lis pendens or (2) a Notice of Lis Pendens, substantially in the form approved by ...