diff --git a/src/documents/filters.py b/src/documents/filters.py
index 5702a966d..a95e3b288 100644
--- a/src/documents/filters.py
+++ b/src/documents/filters.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ from documents.models import ShareLink
 from documents.models import ShareLinkBundle
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
+from documents.permissions import annotate_authorizing_fields
 from documents.permissions import permitted_document_ids
 from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
 from documents.versioning import annotate_effective_content
@@ -1075,6 +1076,9 @@ class PermittedObjectsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
 
     include_granted: bool = True
     perm_codename: str | None = None
+    # A self-referencing foreign key whose target authorizes a row, so a row is
+    # judged by its parent's owner and grants (``Document.root_document``).
+    parent_field: str | None = None
 
     def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
         # Before the superuser and owner-only paths, neither of which consults
@@ -1086,11 +1090,23 @@ class PermittedObjectsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
         if request.user.is_superuser:
             return queryset
         if not self.include_granted:
-            return queryset.filter(Q(owner=request.user) | Q(owner__isnull=True))
+            owner_field = "owner"
+            if self.parent_field is not None:
+                queryset = annotate_authorizing_fields(queryset, self.parent_field)
+                owner_field = "authorizing_owner"
+            return queryset.filter(
+                Q(**{owner_field: request.user.pk})
+                | Q(**{f"{owner_field}__isnull": True}),
+            )
         model = queryset.model
         perm = self.perm_codename or f"view_{model._meta.model_name}"
         return queryset.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(request.user, model, perm),
+            id__in=permitted_object_ids(
+                request.user,
+                model,
+                perm,
+                parent_field=self.parent_field,
+            ),
         )
 
 
diff --git a/src/documents/permissions.py b/src/documents/permissions.py
index 13d9425e9..4480d2584 100644
--- a/src/documents/permissions.py
+++ b/src/documents/permissions.py
@@ -387,14 +387,7 @@ def permitted_object_ids(
     owner_field, key_field = "owner", "pk"
     if parent_field is not None:
         owner_field, key_field = "authorizing_owner", "authorizing_id"
-        base_qs = base_qs.annotate(
-            authorizing_id=Coalesce(f"{parent_field}_id", "id"),
-            authorizing_owner=Case(
-                When(**{f"{parent_field}_id__isnull": True}, then=F("owner_id")),
-                default=F(f"{parent_field}__owner_id"),
-                output_field=IntegerField(),
-            ),
-        )
+        base_qs = annotate_authorizing_fields(base_qs, parent_field)
     unowned = Q(**{f"{owner_field}__isnull": True})
 
     if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
@@ -446,6 +439,26 @@ def permitted_object_ids(
 ModelT = TypeVar("ModelT", bound=Model)
 
 
+def annotate_authorizing_fields(
+    queryset: QuerySet[ModelT],
+    parent_field: str,
+) -> QuerySet[ModelT]:
+    """
+    Annotate each row with ``authorizing_id`` and ``authorizing_owner``: the id
+    and owner of the row that authorizes it. A row with a parent (the
+    self-referencing foreign key ``parent_field``) is authorized by its parent,
+    any other row by itself.
+    """
+    return queryset.annotate(
+        authorizing_id=Coalesce(f"{parent_field}_id", "id"),
+        authorizing_owner=Case(
+            When(**{f"{parent_field}_id__isnull": True}, then=F("owner_id")),
+            default=F(f"{parent_field}__owner_id"),
+            output_field=IntegerField(),
+        ),
+    )
+
+
 def user_is_unrestricted(user: User | None) -> bool:
     """
     True when ``user`` means "no restriction at all" (an absent user, or an
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 7e5ab806f..06b63b663 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -5602,23 +5602,7 @@ class TrashView(ListModelMixin, PassUserMixin):
 
     class _TrashPermittedObjectsFilter(PermittedObjectsFilter):
         include_granted = False
-
-        def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
-            if request.user.is_superuser or not request.user.is_active:
-                return super().filter_queryset(request, queryset, view)
-
-            # A version belongs to whoever owns its root
-            def owned_or_unowned(prefix: str) -> Q:
-                return Q(**{f"{prefix}owner": request.user}) | Q(
-                    **{f"{prefix}owner__isnull": True},
-                )
-
-            return queryset.filter(
-                (Q(root_document__isnull=True) & owned_or_unowned(""))
-                | (
-                    Q(root_document__isnull=False) & owned_or_unowned("root_document__")
-                ),
-            )
+        parent_field = "root_document"
 
     filter_backends = (_TrashPermittedObjectsFilter,)
     pagination_class = StandardPagination