Columbia Requirements for original package sale ordinance (§ 4-66)
Chapter 4: Alcoholic Beverages · Article III. Nonintoxicating Beer
In short: Nonintoxicating beer may only be sold in its original bottle, can or package, with the original label and the brewer's full name on the label and on the bottle's cap or cork. Draught beer must come from the original keg or barrel stamped on the ends with the brewer's full name.
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 sell, or offer for sale, any nonintoxicating beer unless the same is sold or offered for sale in the original bottle or can, or in the original package containing bottles or cans, bearing the original label and the full name of the brewer or manufacturer thereof, both upon the label of the bottle or can and
upon the cap or cork of such bottle. In the case of the sale of nonintoxicating beer on draught, the same must be drawn from the original keg or barrel having stamped on the ends thereof the full name of the manufacturer or brewer of the nonintoxicating beer therein contained.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 4-66
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.