Columbia Interference with custody ordinance (§ 16-144)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses
(a) A person commits the crime of interference with custody if, knowing that he has no legal right to do so, he takes or entices from lawful custody any person entrusted by order of a court to the custody of another person or institution.
(b) Interference with custody is a class A misdemeanor.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-144
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.