Columbia Disorderly intoxication; consumption of liquor in certain public places ordinance (§ 16-183)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses
In short: You can't enter a courthouse, or a school or church where people are gathered for a lawful purpose, drunk and disorderly, and you can't drink or offer a drink of liquor in front of such a gathering or in a courthouse. Violating this is a misdemeanor.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter any schoolhouse or church house within the city in which there is an assemblage of people, met for a lawful purpose, or any courthouse within the city, in a drunken or intoxicated and disorderly condition, or to drink or offer to drink any intoxicating liquors in the presence of such assembly of people, or in any courthouse within the city and any person or persons so doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-183
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.