Columbia Separate offense; cumulative remedies ordinance (§ 11-323)
Chapter 11: Health and Sanitation · Article X. Sale of Tobacco, Alternative Nicotine Products and Vapor
In short: Tobacco retailers who break the city's licensing or retail rules commit a separate offense for each day or part of a day the violation continues, and each individual sale of tobacco, paraphernalia, alternative nicotine or vapor products counts as its own violation. City administrative action doesn't prevent other civil or criminal action.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of the tobacco retailer regulations or licensing requirements is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted. In addition, each individual retail sale of tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, alternative nicotine product and/or vapor product shall constitute a separate violation of this article.
(b) The remedies provided in these regulations shall be cumulative. Any administrative action hereunder shall not prejudice or affect any other action, civil or criminal, for the maintenance of any such violation.
Secs. 11-324, 11-325. - Reserved.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 11-323
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.