When a complaint is filed, the action is pending so as to charge a third person with notice of its pendency. While pending, no interest can be acquired by third persons in the subject of the action, as against the plaintiff's title.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2703.26
Lis pendens in general
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Rhiel v. Central Mortgage Co. (In Re Kebe) (2012)
Most recently applied in Rehn v. INVCLE150, L.L.C. (December 2022)
Effective: September 11, 2008; Latest Legislation: House Bill 138 - 127th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.