diff --git a/posthog/api/notebook.py b/posthog/api/notebook.py
index 83b2e32e976c3..a0dd84c359b6c 100644
--- a/posthog/api/notebook.py
+++ b/posthog/api/notebook.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from posthog.models.notebook.notebook import Notebook
 from posthog.models.utils import UUIDT
 from posthog.rbac.access_control_api_mixin import AccessControlViewSetMixin
+from posthog.rbac.user_access_control import UserAccessControlSerializerMixin
 from posthog.utils import relative_date_parse
 from loginas.utils import is_impersonated_session
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ class Meta:
         read_only_fields = fields
 
 
-class NotebookSerializer(NotebookMinimalSerializer):
+class NotebookSerializer(NotebookMinimalSerializer, UserAccessControlSerializerMixin):
     class Meta:
         model = Notebook
         fields = [
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ class Meta:
             "created_by",
             "last_modified_at",
             "last_modified_by",
+            "user_access_level",
         ]
         read_only_fields = [
             "id",
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ class Meta:
             "created_by",
             "last_modified_at",
             "last_modified_by",
+            "user_access_level",
         ]
 
     def create(self, validated_data: Dict, *args, **kwargs) -> Notebook:
diff --git a/posthog/rbac/user_access_control.py b/posthog/rbac/user_access_control.py
index d906802578236..6bab3c3cc67e1 100644
--- a/posthog/rbac/user_access_control.py
+++ b/posthog/rbac/user_access_control.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 from django.db.models import Model, Q, QuerySet
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Optional, cast
 
 from posthog.constants import AvailableFeature
 from posthog.models import (
@@ -205,3 +206,16 @@ def filter_queryset_by_access_level(self, queryset: QuerySet) -> QuerySet:
         # )
 
         return queryset
+
+
+class UserAccessControlSerializerMixin(serializers.Serializer):
+    user_access_level = serializers.SerializerMethodField(
+        read_only=True,
+        help_text="The effective access level the user has for this object",
+    )
+
+    def get_user_access_level(self, obj: Model) -> Optional[str]:
+        access_control = cast(UserAccessControl, self.context["view"].user_access_control).access_control_for_object(
+            obj
+        )
+        return access_control.access_level if access_control else None