557.02 NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS. Such notice shall be recorded in the same manner in which mortgages are recorded, and may be discharged by writing executed and acknowledged in the manner of conveyance.
When a notice of lis pendens is filed in such an action, the plaintiff shall, within three days after the filing of the notice of lis pendens, serve upon the defendant a copy of the notice of lis pendens and of the complaint.
In Pennsylvania, a Lis Pendens notice is a formal announcement that a pending lawsuit exists that may affect the title or claim to a piece of real estate. This notice of a pending legal action is filed in the public records, warning potential buyers that the property is involved in pending litigation.
• Any action or proceeding which is pending in any court of law is. said to be lis pendens. • The maxim representing this doctrine means that 'during the. pendency of litigation, nothing new should be introduced and to maintain the status quo, to abstain from doing anything which may affect any party to the litigation.
• 'Lis' means litigation and 'pendens' means pending, literally. signifying pending litigation. • Any action or proceeding which is pending in any court of law is. said to be lis pendens.
Lis pendens means suit pending in Latin. In the foreclosure process, a lis pendens is a public document that's filed with the county clerk at the same time that your lender files your public foreclosure complaint.
Lis alibi pendens is a Latin term that means an action on the same cause of action is. pending elsewhere. ing to Black's Law Dictionary.