diff --git a/daos/record.go b/daos/record.go
index 8013ec0d..e2909cd7 100644
--- a/daos/record.go
+++ b/daos/record.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (dao *Dao) FindFirstRecordByData(
 // If the limit argument is <= 0, no limit is applied to the query and
 // all matching records are returned.
 //
-// NB Don't put untrusted user input in the filter string as it
+// NB! Don't put untrusted user input in the filter string as it
 // practically would allow the users to inject their own custom filter.
 //
 // Example:
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (dao *Dao) FindRecordsByFilter(
 
 // FindFirstRecordByFilter returns the first available record matching the provided filter.
 //
-// NB Don't put untrusted user input in the filter string as it
+// NB! Don't put untrusted user input in the filter string as it
 // practically would allow the users to inject their own custom filter.
 //
 // Example:
@@ -484,30 +484,35 @@ func (dao *Dao) SuggestUniqueAuthRecordUsername(
 // CanAccessRecord checks if a record is allowed to be accessed by the
 // specified requestData and accessRule.
 //
-// Always return false on invalid access rule or db error.
+// Rule and db checks are ignored in case requestData.Admin is set.
+//
+// The returned error indicate that something unexpected happened during
+// the check (eg. invalid rule or db error).
+//
+// The method always return false on invalid access rule or db error.
 //
 // Example:
 //
 //	requestData := apis.RequestData(c /* echo.Context */)
 //	record, _ := dao.FindRecordById("example", "RECORD_ID")
-//	// custom rule
-//	// or use one of the record collection's, eg. record.Collection().ViewRule
 //	rule := types.Pointer("@request.auth.id != '' || status = 'public'")
+//	// ... or use one of the record collection's rule, eg. record.Collection().ViewRule
 //
-//	canAccess := dao.CanAccessRecord(record, requestData, rule)
-func (dao *Dao) CanAccessRecord(record *models.Record, requestData *models.RequestData, accessRule *string) bool {
+//	if ok, _ := dao.CanAccessRecord(record, requestData, rule); ok { ... }
+func (dao *Dao) CanAccessRecord(record *models.Record, requestData *models.RequestData, accessRule *string) (bool, error) {
 	if requestData.Admin != nil {
 		// admins can access everything
-		return true
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	if accessRule == nil {
 		// only admins can access this record
-		return false
+		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	if *accessRule == "" {
-		return true // empty public rule, aka. everyone can access
+		// empty public rule, aka. everyone can access
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	var exists bool
@@ -520,16 +525,16 @@ func (dao *Dao) CanAccessRecord(record *models.Record, requestData *models.Reque
 	resolver := resolvers.NewRecordFieldResolver(dao, record.Collection(), requestData, true)
 	expr, err := search.FilterData(*accessRule).BuildExpr(resolver)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false
+		return false, err
 	}
 	resolver.UpdateQuery(query)
 	query.AndWhere(expr)
 
-	if err := query.Limit(1).Row(&exists); err != nil {
-		return false
+	if err := query.Limit(1).Row(&exists); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
+		return false, err
 	}
 
-	return exists
+	return exists, nil
 }
 
 // SaveRecord persists the provided Record model in the database.
diff --git a/daos/record_test.go b/daos/record_test.go
index cf18368b..a9b8f8e3 100644
--- a/daos/record_test.go
+++ b/daos/record_test.go
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 		requestData *models.RequestData
 		rule        *string
 		expected    bool
+		expectError bool
 	}{
 		{
 			"as admin with nil rule",
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			nil,
 			true,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as admin with non-empty rule",
@@ -625,6 +627,17 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			types.Pointer("id = ''"), // the filter rule should be ignored
 			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"as admin with invalid rule",
+			record,
+			&models.RequestData{
+				Admin: admin,
+			},
+			types.Pointer("id ?!@ 1"), // the filter rule should be ignored
+			true,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as guest with nil rule",
@@ -632,13 +645,23 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			&models.RequestData{},
 			nil,
 			false,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as guest with empty rule",
-			nil,
+			record,
 			&models.RequestData{},
 			types.Pointer(""),
 			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"as guest with invalid rule",
+			record,
+			&models.RequestData{},
+			types.Pointer("id ?!@ 1"),
+			false,
+			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"as guest with mismatched rule",
@@ -646,6 +669,7 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			&models.RequestData{},
 			types.Pointer("@request.auth.id != ''"),
 			false,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as guest with matched rule",
@@ -655,6 +679,7 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			types.Pointer("@request.auth.id != '' || @request.data.test = 1"),
 			true,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as auth record with nil rule",
@@ -664,15 +689,27 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			nil,
 			false,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as auth record with empty rule",
-			nil,
+			record,
 			&models.RequestData{
 				AuthRecord: authRecord,
 			},
 			types.Pointer(""),
 			true,
+			false,
+		},
+		{
+			"as auth record with invalid rule",
+			record,
+			&models.RequestData{
+				AuthRecord: authRecord,
+			},
+			types.Pointer("id ?!@ 1"),
+			false,
+			true,
 		},
 		{
 			"as auth record with mismatched rule",
@@ -683,6 +720,7 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			types.Pointer("@request.auth.id != '' && @request.data.test > 1"),
 			false,
+			false,
 		},
 		{
 			"as auth record with matched rule",
@@ -693,15 +731,21 @@ func TestCanAccessRecord(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			types.Pointer("@request.auth.id != '' && @request.data.test > 1"),
 			true,
+			false,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		result := app.Dao().CanAccessRecord(s.record, s.requestData, s.rule)
+		result, err := app.Dao().CanAccessRecord(s.record, s.requestData, s.rule)
 
 		if result != s.expected {
 			t.Errorf("[%s] Expected %v, got %v", s.name, s.expected, result)
 		}
+
+		hasErr := err != nil
+		if hasErr != s.expectError {
+			t.Errorf("[%s] Expected hasErr %v, got %v (%v)", s.name, s.expectError, hasErr, err)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9bf0c4b..0bf5d2a8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2 v2.3.7
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.298
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.299
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.2
 	github.com/domodwyer/mailyak/v3 v3.6.0
 	github.com/dop251/goja v0.0.0-20230707174833-636fdf960de1
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.130.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230710151506-e685fd7b542b // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.56.2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f9dbb11a..a3aa5fef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -773,8 +773,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.31/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.156/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.245/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.284/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.298 h1:5qTxdubgV7PptZJmp/2qDwD2JL187ePL7VOxsSh1i3g=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.298/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.299 h1:HVD9lU4CAFHGxleMJp95FV/sRhtg7P4miHD1v88JAQk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.299/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.9.1/go.mod h1:cK/D0BBs0b/oWPIcX/Z/obahJK1TT7IPVjy53i/mX/4=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.1 h1:+tefE750oAb7ZQGzla6bLkOwfcQCEtC5y2RqoqCeqKo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.1/go.mod h1:uzbQtefpm44goOPmdKyAlXSNcwlRgF3ePWVW6EtJvvw=
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230403163135-c38d8f061ccd/go.mod h1:UUQDJDOl
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1/go.mod h1:nKE/iIaLqn2bQwXBg8f1g2Ylh6r5MN5CmZvuzZCgsCU=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230525234025-438c736192d0/go.mod h1:9ExIQyXL5hZrHzQceCwuSYwZZ5QZBazOcprJ5rgs3lY=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:xZnkP7mREFX5MORlOPEzLMr+90PPZQ2QWzrVTWfAq64=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230629202037-9506855d4529 h1:9JucMWR7sPvCxUFd6UsOUNmA5kCcWOfORaT3tpAsKQs=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 h1:Au6te5hbKUV8pIYWHqOUZ1pva5qK/rwbIhoXEUB9Lu8=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230525234020-1aefcd67740a/go.mod h1:ts19tUU+Z0ZShN1y3aPyq2+O3d5FUNNgT6FtOzmrNn8=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230525234035-dd9d682886f9/go.mod h1:vHYtlOoi6TsQ3Uk2yxR7NI5z8uoV+3pZtR4jmHIkRig=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230526203410-71b5a4ffd15e/go.mod h1:vHYtlOoi6TsQ3Uk2yxR7NI5z8uoV+3pZtR4jmHIkRig=
@@ -3102,8 +3102,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234015-3fc162c6f38a/go.
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230525234030-28d5490b6b19/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230526203410-71b5a4ffd15e/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230530153820-e85fd2cbaebc/go.mod h1:66JfowdXAEgad5O9NnYcsNPLCPZJD++2L9X0PCMODrA=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130 h1:2FZP5XuJY9zQyGM5N0rtovnoXjiMUEIUMvw0m9wlpLc=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230706204954-ccb25ca9f130/go.mod h1:8mL13HKkDa+IuJ8yruA3ci0q+0vsUz4m//+ottjwS5o=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230710151506-e685fd7b542b h1:BC7Q0uXfp6VFXnNWp5RqATIN/viqCGkqBO8+HxzH/jY=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230710151506-e685fd7b542b/go.mod h1:TUfxEVdsvPg18p6AslUXFoLdpED4oBnGwyqk3dV1XzM=
 google.golang.org/grpc v0.0.0-20160317175043-d3ddb4469d5a/go.mod h1:yo6s7OP7yaDglbqo1J04qKzAhqBH6lvTonzMVmEdcZw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.20.1/go.mod h1:10oTOabMzJvdu6/UiuZezV6QK5dSlG84ov/aaiqXj38=