Cleaning private property; revise procedures used to clean property adjudicated a menace to public health and safety.

HB 498 amends Mississippi law to update procedures for handling personal property on properties declared a public health and safety threat by county boards of supervisors. It requires counties to provide written notice to owners before removing items, post public notices about property receipt, and give owners a specified time to reclaim belongings. If unclaimed, counties may sell the property at auction (with proceeds going to the county treasury) or dispose of it as surplus. This directly affects property owners in counties where such adjudications occur.