diff --git a/arches/app/permissions/arches_default_allow.py b/arches/app/permissions/arches_default_allow.py
index d0f50290321..b6840f084e5 100644
--- a/arches/app/permissions/arches_default_allow.py
+++ b/arches/app/permissions/arches_default_allow.py
@@ -42,6 +42,68 @@ def process_new_user(self, instance: User, created: bool) -> None:
             resource.createdtime = resource_instance.createdtime
             resource.index()  # type: ignore
 
+    def get_search_ui_permissions_bulk(
+        self, user: User, search_results: list, groups
+    ) -> list:
+        """
+        Determintes whether or not read/edit buttons show up in search results.
+        """
+        user_read_permissions = self.get_resource_types_by_perm(
+            user,
+            [
+                "models.write_nodegroup",
+                "models.delete_nodegroup",
+                "models.read_nodegroup",
+            ],
+        )
+
+        user_can_read = len(user_read_permissions) > 0
+        user_can_edit = len(self.get_editable_resource_types(user)) > 0
+        for result in search_results:
+
+            # validate permissions structure for search result
+            deny_read_exists = (
+                "permissions" in result["_source"]
+                and "users_without_read_perm" in result["_source"]["permissions"]
+            )
+            deny_edit_exists = (
+                "permissions" in result["_source"]
+                and "users_without_edit_perm" in result["_source"]["permissions"]
+            )
+
+            if not deny_read_exists or not deny_edit_exists:
+                logger.warning(
+                    """
+                    PROBLEM WITH INDEX - it appears that your index permissions are malformed.  
+                    This can happen when switching permission frameworks and may cause search 
+                    results to appear incorrectly or with invalid permissions.  You can correct it by reindexing arches.
+                    """
+                )
+
+            result["can_read"] = (
+                deny_read_exists
+                and (
+                    user.id
+                    not in result["_source"]["permissions"]["users_without_read_perm"]
+                )
+            ) and user_can_read
+
+            result["can_edit"] = (
+                deny_edit_exists
+                and (
+                    user.id
+                    not in result["_source"]["permissions"]["users_without_edit_perm"]
+                )
+            ) and user_can_edit
+
+            result["is_principal"] = (
+                "permissions" in result["_source"]
+                and "principal_user" in result["_source"]["permissions"]
+                and user.id in result["_source"]["permissions"]["principal_user"]
+            )
+
+        return search_results
+
     def get_search_ui_permissions(
         self, user: User, search_result: dict, groups
     ) -> dict: