Columbia Failure to execute an arrest warrant ordinance (§ 16-205)
Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses
(a) A law enforcement officer commits the crime of failure to execute an arrest warrant if, with the purpose of allowing any person charged with or convicted of a crime to escape, he fails to execute any arrest warrant, capias, or other lawful process ordering apprehension or confinement of such person, which he is authorized and required by law to execute.
(b) Failure to execute an arrest warrant is a class A misdemeanor.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-205
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.