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# Policy Listing

**`GET /api/v1/policies`**

Returns all policies accessible to the authenticated user.

**Authentication:** Bearer token required (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`)

**Permission:** `Permissions.POLICIES_POLICY_READ`, `Permissions.POLICIES_POLICY_EXECUTE`, `Permissions.POLICIES_POLICY_MANAGE`, or `Permissions.POLICIES_POLICY_AUDIT`

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## Request

### Query Parameters

| Parameter   | Type   | Required | Default | Description                                                           |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pageIndex` | number | No       | 0       | The number of pages to skip before starting to collect the result set |
| `pageSize`  | number | No       | 20      | The number of items to return                                         |
| `type`      | string | No       | —       | Filter by policy type (e.g. `local`)                                  |

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## Response

### Success Response

**Status:** `200 OK`

The `X-Total-Count` response header contains the total number of matching policies.

```json
[
  {
    "id": "63e3e5e8a01b3c001234abcd",
    "name": "iREC Policy",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "iREC renewable energy certificate policy",
    "status": "PUBLISH",
    "topicId": "0.0.4532001",
    "owner": "did:hedera:testnet:zHcDLGFNymFAJiMBKnpbHDgjvTn6yZnwkPPeFhtJBECH_0.0.4532001",
    "userRoles": ["OWNER"]
  }
]
```

### Error Responses

| Status                      | Description               |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| `401 Unauthorized`          | Missing or invalid token  |
| `403 Forbidden`             | Insufficient permissions  |
| `500 Internal Server Error` | Unexpected server failure |