There are specific statutory rules governing liens. In Mississippi, for example, construction liens must be filed within 90 days of when work was last performed or labor, material, or services were ...

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A notice of lis pendens is a legal document you might not be familiar with but may occasionally see referenced in a news report. “Lis pendens” is Latin for “pending lawsuit.” (The law still uses Latin ...

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Courts have long recognized the “doctrine of lis pendens,” which, simply put, means that a person who purchases real property that is the subject of pending litigation will be bound by the outcome of ...

The Lis Pendens Statute operates as an umbrella to shield property from liens which accrue subsequent to the date the lis pendens is recorded (typically the same date as the filing of a foreclosure ...