Data updated October 12, 2026 · All 58 Counties
California Lis Pendens List
As of October 12, 2026, California has 4,068 active lis pendens filings on record across all 58 counties.
A lis pendens is a recorded notice that a lawsuit affecting a property's title is underway — judicial foreclosures, HOA suits, partition fights between co-owners, contract disputes. It clouds the title the day it records: the property becomes hard to sell or refinance through normal channels, which is precisely why a motivated-seller conversation works. It is also the paper trail of judicial foreclosure, the route lenders and associations take when nonjudicial sale isn't available. Properant tracks recorded lis pendens filings statewide and drops them from the list when a withdrawal or judgment resolves the case.
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How California's Numbers Are Moving
Change over the past week (since October 6), from Properant's daily snapshots of recorded county documents. The series grows every day.
What's on Every Property Record
Each filing carries its recording date and case number alongside the parcel's full picture — owner and mailing address, loans, liens, foreclosure stage, and equity — so you can tell a co-owner partition dispute on a paid-off house from the front end of a judicial foreclosure.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many active lis pendens filings are there in California?
Properant tracks 4,068 active lis pendens filings across California's 58 counties as of October 12, 2026, counted from recorded county documents with releases and cancellations removed.
What does a lis pendens mean for buying a property?
It means the title is contested: whoever buys takes the property subject to the outcome of the pending case, so conventional buyers and their lenders walk away. That freeze is the opportunity — owners under a lis pendens often need a cash buyer or an investor comfortable with resolving litigation, and far fewer people are competing for the deal.
Can I download the lis pendens list?
Yes. Inside Properant you can filter by county, city, equity, owner type, and every other signal, save the list, and export it — or upload your own list and let the platform match and enrich it. The trial is free and requires no credit card.
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Top California Counties
| # | County | Count | Share of Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 837 | 20.6% |
| 2 | Riverside County | 685 | 16.8% |
| 3 | San Bernardino County | 395 | 9.7% |
| 4 | San Diego County | 231 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Sacramento County | 211 | 5.2% |
| 6 | Orange County | 206 | 5.1% |
| 7 | San Luis Obispo County | 201 | 4.9% |
| 8 | Kern County | 137 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Alameda County | 130 | 3.2% |
| 10 | Contra Costa County | 122 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Santa Clara County | 99 | 2.4% |
| 12 | San Joaquin County | 76 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Fresno County | 70 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Solano County | 58 | 1.4% |
| 15 | San Mateo County | 52 | 1.3% |