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Columbia Refusal to identify as a witness ordinance (§ 16-206)

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

(a) A person commits the crime of refusal to identify as a witness if, knowing he has witnessed any portion of a crime, or of any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property damage, upon demand by a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his official duties, he refuses to report or gives a false report of his name and present address to such officer.

(b) Refusal to identify as a witness is a class C misdemeanor.

Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-206

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.