Columbia Sale of merchandise; information on ownership required ordinance (§ 16-165)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any item, object or merchandise unless such person has available on request the name, address and telephone number of the owner of such item, object or merchandise.
(b) This section shall not apply to sales made without private profit for a public, charitable, educational, literary, fraternal, civic or religious purpose and when the person or organization conducting such sale holds a special permit for such sale issued by the city business license administrator under section 13-20 of this Code.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-165
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.