diff --git a/app/controllers/annotations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/annotations_controller.rb
index e75581d45..233275bdf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/annotations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/annotations_controller.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ class AnnotationsController < ApplicationController
     @annotation = Annotation.new(annotation_params)
     @annotation.user = current_user
     if @annotation.save
-      render json: @annotation.to_json
+      render json: @annotation.to_json(methods: :permissions)
     end
   end
 
   def update
     @annotation = Annotation.find!(params[:id])
     if @annotation.update_attributes(annotation_params)
-      render json: @annotation.to_json
+      render json: @annotation.to_json(methods: :permissions)
     end
   end
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class AnnotationsController < ApplicationController
   def search
     @annotations = Annotation.where(legislation_id: params[:legislation_id])
     annotations_hash = { total: @annotations.size, rows: @annotations }
-    render json: annotations_hash.to_json
+    render json: annotations_hash.to_json(methods: :permissions)
   end
 
   private
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ class AnnotationsController < ApplicationController
       .permit(:quote, :text, ranges: [:start, :startOffset, :end, :endOffset])
       .merge(legislation_id: params[:legislation_id])
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/app/models/annotation.rb b/app/models/annotation.rb
index 504232c36..32e39903a 100644
--- a/app/models/annotation.rb
+++ b/app/models/annotation.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ class Annotation < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   belongs_to :legislation
   belongs_to :user
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  def permissions
+    { update: [user_id], delete: [user_id] }
+  end
+end