Section 16-8-10. Affirmative defenses to prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-7

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   It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-7 that the person:

   (1) Was unaware that the property or service was that of another;

   (2) Acted under an honest claim of right to the property or service involved or under a right to acquire or dispose of it as he did; or

   (3) Took property or service exposed for sale intending to purchase and pay for it promptly or reasonably believing that the owner, if present, would have consented.

Code 1933, § 26-1810, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

                    
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