Columbia Solicitation for sales ordinance (§ 4-97)
Chapter 4: Alcoholic Beverages · Article IV. Conduct on Licensed Premises
In short: Bars and other businesses licensed to sell drinks by the glass may not give or sell anything of value to an employee who solicits customers to buy drinks or merchandise, and may not let any such person solicit purchases on the premises.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
No holder of a license to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink shall sell or give any intoxicating liquor, nonintoxicating beer, nonintoxicating beverage, drink, merchandise, or other thing of value in any quantity to any employee who shall solicit another to buy said intoxicating liquor, nonintoxicating beer, nonalcoholic beverage, drink, merchandise or other thing of value, in any quantity; nor shall he permit any such person to solicit the purchase of intoxicating liquor, nonintoxicating beer, nonalcoholic beverage, drink, merchandise, or other thing of value, in any quantity, by another on the premises of such licensee.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 4-97
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.