Columbia Unlawful assembly ordinance (§ 16-178)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses
(a) A person commits the crime of unlawful assembly if he knowingly assembles with six (6) or more other persons and agrees with such persons to violate any of the criminal laws of this city, this state or of the United States with force or violence.
(b) Unlawful assembly is a class B misdemeanor.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-178
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.