Title 16, Chapter 8, Section 10
( 16-8-10)
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. | 
