A Lis Pendens is filed with the County Recorder in the county where the piece of property that the law suit involves is located. When any document is recorded with the County Recorder, it puts the world on notice of its contents.
The requirements for filing a lis pendens are codified in the Texas Property Code. Only after a lawsuit has been filed, may a party to the action who is seeking affirmative relief file a lis pendens with the county clerk in the county where the property is located.
Prepare the documents. Prepare the Complaint along with Summons, Case Information Sheet, Civil Case Cover Sheet, and Notice of Action Pending. File with the Court. Get a Judge's approval. Serve the Notice. Record the Notice.
A LIS PENDENS IS NOT A LAWSUIT A Lis Pendens is filed with the County Recorder in the county where the piece of property that the law suit involves is located. When any document is recorded with the County Recorder, it puts the world on notice of its contents.
The doctrine of lis pendens literally means pending suit, and lis pendens notices are the machinery whereby a party with an unrecorded or unperfected claim to real property can put third persons interested in the property on notice of the claim or interest.