{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-10","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-8-10","heading":"Affirmative defenses to prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9.","body":"It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for violation of Code Sections 16-8-2 through 16-8-9 that the person:\n(1) Was unaware that the property or service was that of another;\n(2) Acted under an honest claim of right to the property or service involved;\n(3) Acted under a right to acquire or dispose of the property as he or she did; provided, however, that the use of a power of attorney as provided in Chapter 6B of Title 10 shall not, in and of itself, absolve a person from criminal responsibility; or\n(4) 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.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 8 Offenses Involving Theft","Article 1 Theft"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"40f0afeb8912751b71572a44eab71d49b8d2c5831714f21fd291d09a882490e8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-9","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-8-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}