MS HB395

Reenacts Section 41-29-176 of Mississippi Code to establish administrative forfeiture procedures for property seized under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law, limited to property valued at $20,000 or less.

Requires seizing law enforcement agencies to provide notice of intent to forfeit property by certified mail or personal delivery to all required parties, or by newspaper publication if direct notice is not possible.

Allows substitute notice for property valued at $10,000 or less through posting on an official state government forfeiture website maintained by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics for at least 30 consecutive days.

Requires forfeiture notices to include property description, approximate value, seizure date and location, connection to controlled substances law violation, judicial review instructions, and statement that property will be forfeited if judicial challenge is not timely filed.

Removes the July 1, 2014 repeal date from Chapter 484, Laws of 2013, making the administrative forfeiture provisions permanent, effective July 1, 2014.