When items DropObject() they're stealing?

[louisthird]

I have the player drop an item and a companion pick it up. When I have that same companion use DropObject() on that item, the item is marked as stealing for the player. Why? This has something to do with the Owner of the item I think. If that is not the proper way to drop an item to keep the correct owner as not stealing, then what would be the proper way?

[louisthird]

Answering my own question: this function works for dropping and adjusts if you pass an item reference or base form:

 

ObjectReference Function DropItem(ObjectReference akSenderRef, Form akBaseItem, Int aiItemCount, ObjectReference akItemReference)
  Actor actorOwner = akSenderRef as Actor
  ObjectReference droppedObject
  If akItemReference != None
    akItemReference.Drop(true)
    droppedObject = akItemReference
  Else
    droppedObject = akSenderRef.DropObject(akBaseItem, aiItemCount)
  EndIf
  If droppedObject != None
    droppedObject.SetActorRefOwner(actorOwner, true)
  EndIf
  return droppedObject
EndFunction