# View a resource-based delegation policy with AWS Organizations
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From the management account, view your organization’s resource-based delegation policy to understand which delegated administrators have access to manage which policy types.

**Minimum permissions**  
To view the resource-based delegation policy, you need permissions to run the following action: `organizations:DescribeResourcePolicy`. 

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#### [ AWS Management Console ]

**To view a delegation policy**

1. Sign in to the [AWS Organizations console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/organizations/v2). You must sign in as an IAM user, assume an IAM role, or sign in as the root user ([not recommended](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html#lock-away-credentials)) in the organization’s management account.

1. Choose **Settings**.

1. In the **Delegated administrator for AWS Organizations** section, scroll to view the full delegation policy.

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#### [ AWS CLI & AWS SDKs ]

**View a delegation policy**  
You can use the following command to view a delegation policy: 
+ AWS CLI: [describe-resource-policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/organizations/describe-resource-policy.html)

  The following example retrieves the policy.

  ```
  $ aws organizations describe-resource-policy
  ```
+ AWS SDK: [DescribeResourcePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeResourcePolicy.html)

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