These Foreclosure Forms are for All Courts that preside over Residential Foreclosure Cases. The court has placed the most commonly used forms on line as a resource.Please be advised that the forms detailed below are intended to be a guide. Step 1 requires a filing within three business days after mailing a 90-day pre-foreclosure notice and is designed to capture the most relevant information. A lis pendens is the first filing made during the foreclosure process. Barron's Dictionary of Real Estate Terms defines Lis Pendens as Latin for suit pending. New York law only allows for judicial foreclosures, which means a mortgage lender must initiate a legal action and obtain a court order for a foreclosure. A lender foreclosing on a property should file a lis pendens in the clerk's office in the county where the property is located. Sign up to get notified of new posts. This form notice of pendency may be filed with the clerk of the county in New York where property that is the subject of an active litigation is located.