Property Ownership

A NH property encumbered by a lis pendens cannot be:

AOccupied by the current owner
BSold to a purchaser who would take free and clear of the pending litigation's outcome✓ Correct
CTaxed by the municipality
DMortgaged at all

Explanation

A lis pendens provides constructive notice to all prospective buyers of pending litigation. A buyer who purchases with knowledge of the lis pendens (deemed to have it through the recording) takes subject to the outcome of the lawsuit.

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