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Columbia Refusing to make an employee available for service of process ordinance (§ 16-204)

Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses

(a) Any employer, or any agent who is in charge of a business establishment, commits the crime of refusing to make an employee available for service of process if he knowingly refuses to assist any officer authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment during the working hours of an employee for the purpose of serving process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee available for service of process.

(b) Refusing to make an employee available for service of process is a class C misdemeanor.

Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-204

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.