Administrative forfeiture; to reenact and amend to request those who wish to contest to file written notice.

This bill changes how Mississippi law enforcement must notify property owners when seizing items worth under $10,000 related to drug violations under the Uniform Controlled Substances Law. Instead of publishing notices in local newspapers for three weeks, agencies can now post notices online for 30 consecutive days on a state-run forfeiture site managed by the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. Property owners have 30 days from notice to file a written contest with the seizing agency; if they don’t, the property is forfeited to the agency. The law applies only to seizures where a proper warrant was obtained and affects individuals whose property is seized under these value thresholds.