This sample withdrawal of a Notice of Pendency of Action (Lis Pendens) for California is recorded when a party wants to release and withdraw a Lis Pendens that they have previously filed with the Court and recorded with the County Recorder. The sample includes brief instructions and a notary acknowledgment. The author is a freelance paralegal that has worked in California and Federal litigation and has created over 300 sample legal documents for sale.

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Any Attorney or Party
Any Street
Any Town, CA 55555
714-555-5555
Any Attorney or Party
Superior Court of the State of California
For the County of _________________
Any Plaintiff,
Plaintiff,
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Any Defendant, and DOES 1-5,
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Case No.
RELEASE OF NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF
ACTION (LIS PENDENS)
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT 1PLAINTIFF, _____________________________ hereby
releases and withdraws the Notice of Pendency of Action (Lis Pendens) regarding the lawsuit filed on
__________ in the Superior Court of California, County of _________, Case No. ______________
against Defendant(s) ___________________________________________ that was recorded with
the County Recorder of the County of _____________ on ________________ as Instrument
No._____________________.
The above-mentioned lawsuit involved a claim to the following real property located in the
City of _____________, County of ____________, State of California and described as follows:
The real property commonly known as and located at ________________________________
and legally described as:
INCLUDE THE FULL LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY AND
INCLUDE THE ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER.
Dated________________ _______________________________________________
ANY ATTORNEY OR PARTY
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NOTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
State of CALIFORNIA
County of ______________.
On _____________ before me, _______________________________________, a notary
public of the State of California, personally appeared __________________________, and
______________________________who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the
persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same in their authorized capacity and that by their signatures on the instrument the
persons, or the entity upon behalf of which the persons acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Signature _______________________________
My commission expires __________________.
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