MS HB1672

Authorizes Jackson County Board of Supervisors to conduct hearings to determine if residential property is "blighted" (particularly structures damaged by Hurricane Katrina that are unsafe, abandoned, or attract squatters, vermin, or vandals).

Requires the county to notify property owners by certified mail two weeks before hearings and post notice on the property and courthouse for at least two weeks.

Allows the county to clean blighted property if owners fail to do so and charge the actual costs as a lien against the property, with costs recoverable through tax sale proceedings.

Permits the county to reenter property for maintenance up to six times yearly for structural removal and up to twelve times yearly for grass cutting and debris removal without additional hearings, provided seven days' notice is posted.

Assessment liens may be enrolled as judgments and enforced like delinquent tax sales, with property owners retaining standard redemption rights.