diff --git a/lbry/schema/result.py b/lbry/schema/result.py
index b9d47d3fe..13d683b56 100644
--- a/lbry/schema/result.py
+++ b/lbry/schema/result.py
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ from typing import List
 from binascii import hexlify
 from itertools import chain
 
+from lbry.error import ResolveCensoredError
 from lbry.schema.types.v2.result_pb2 import Outputs as OutputsMessage
+from lbry.schema.types.v2.result_pb2 import Error as ErrorMessage
+
+INVALID = ErrorMessage.Code.Name(ErrorMessage.INVALID)
+NOT_FOUND = ErrorMessage.Code.Name(ErrorMessage.NOT_FOUND)
+BLOCKED = ErrorMessage.Code.Name(ErrorMessage.BLOCKED)
 
 
 class Censor:
@@ -73,7 +79,12 @@ class Outputs:
 
     def message_to_txo(self, txo_message, tx_map):
         if txo_message.WhichOneof('meta') == 'error':
-            return None
+            return {
+                'error': {
+                    'name': txo_message.error.Code.Name(txo_message.error.code).lower(),
+                    'text': txo_message.error.text,
+                }
+            }
         txo = tx_map[txo_message.tx_hash].outputs[txo_message.nout]
         if txo_message.WhichOneof('meta') == 'claim':
             claim = txo_message.claim
@@ -146,9 +157,11 @@ class Outputs:
         if isinstance(txo, Exception):
             txo_message.error.text = txo.args[0]
             if isinstance(txo, ValueError):
-                txo_message.error.code = txo_message.error.INVALID
+                txo_message.error.code = ErrorMessage.INVALID
             elif isinstance(txo, LookupError):
-                txo_message.error.code = txo_message.error.NOT_FOUND
+                txo_message.error.code = ErrorMessage.NOT_FOUND
+            elif isinstance(txo, ResolveCensoredError):
+                txo_message.error.code = ErrorMessage.BLOCKED
             return
         txo_message.tx_hash = txo['txo_hash'][:32]
         txo_message.nout, = struct.unpack('<I', txo['txo_hash'][32:])
diff --git a/lbry/wallet/ledger.py b/lbry/wallet/ledger.py
index ca5076cfb..276fb4233 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/ledger.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/ledger.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from binascii import hexlify, unhexlify
 from typing import Dict, Tuple, Type, Iterable, List, Optional, DefaultDict
 
 import pylru
-from lbry.schema.result import Outputs
+from lbry.schema.result import Outputs, INVALID, NOT_FOUND
 from lbry.schema.url import URL
 from lbry.crypto.hash import hash160, double_sha256, sha256
 from lbry.crypto.base58 import Base58
@@ -661,13 +661,13 @@ class Ledger(metaclass=LedgerRegistry):
         assert len(urls) == len(txos), "Mismatch between urls requested for resolve and responses received."
         result = {}
         for url, txo in zip(urls, txos):
-            if txo and URL.parse(url).has_stream_in_channel:
-                if not txo.channel or not txo.is_signed_by(txo.channel, self):
-                    txo = None
             if txo:
-                result[url] = txo
+                if isinstance(txo, Output) and URL.parse(url).has_stream_in_channel:
+                    if not txo.channel or not txo.is_signed_by(txo.channel, self):
+                        txo = {'error': {'name': INVALID, 'text': f'{url} has invalid channel signature'}}
             else:
-                result[url] = {'error': f'{url} did not resolve to a claim'}
+                txo = {'error': {'name': NOT_FOUND, 'text': f'{url} did not resolve to a claim'}}
+            result[url] = txo
         return result
 
     async def claim_search(self, accounts, **kwargs) -> Tuple[List[Output], dict, int, int]:
diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/db/reader.py b/lbry/wallet/server/db/reader.py
index 7fd4ca1f3..6147e8dea 100644
--- a/lbry/wallet/server/db/reader.py
+++ b/lbry/wallet/server/db/reader.py
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import apsw
 import logging
 from operator import itemgetter
 from typing import Tuple, List, Dict, Union, Type, Optional
-from binascii import unhexlify
+from binascii import unhexlify, hexlify
 from decimal import Decimal
 from contextvars import ContextVar
 from functools import wraps
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from lbry.wallet.database import query, interpolate
-
+from lbry.error import ResolveCensoredError
 from lbry.schema.url import URL, normalize_name
 from lbry.schema.tags import clean_tags
 from lbry.schema.result import Outputs, Censor
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ def resolve_url(raw_url):
         matches = search_claims(censor, **query, limit=1)
         if matches:
             channel = matches[0]
+        elif censor.censored:
+            return ResolveCensoredError(raw_url, hexlify(next(iter(censor.censored))[::-1]).decode())
         else:
             return LookupError(f'Could not find channel in "{raw_url}".')
 
@@ -469,6 +471,8 @@ def resolve_url(raw_url):
         matches = search_claims(censor, **query, limit=1)
         if matches:
             return matches[0]
+        elif censor.censored:
+            return ResolveCensoredError(raw_url, hexlify(next(iter(censor.censored))[::-1]).decode())
         else:
             return LookupError(f'Could not find stream in "{raw_url}".')
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
index b1e391522..2a93cb3d7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
+++ b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_claim_commands.py
@@ -763,29 +763,48 @@ class StreamCommands(ClaimTestCase):
         bad_content_id = self.get_claim_id(
             await self.stream_create('bad_content', '1.1', channel_name='@some_channel', tags=['bad'])
         )
-        blocking_channel_id = self.get_claim_id(
+        filtering_channel_id = self.get_claim_id(
             await self.channel_create('@filtering', '1.0')
         )
         self.conductor.spv_node.server.db.sql.filtering_channel_hashes.add(
-            unhexlify(blocking_channel_id)[::-1]
+            unhexlify(filtering_channel_id)[::-1]
         )
         await self.stream_repost(bad_content_id, 'filter1', '1.1', channel_name='@filtering')
 
         # search for blocked content directly
         result = await self.out(self.daemon.jsonrpc_claim_search(name='bad_content'))
         self.assertEqual([], result['items'])
-        self.assertEqual({"channels": {blocking_channel_id: 1}, "total": 1}, result['blocked'])
+        self.assertEqual({"channels": {filtering_channel_id: 1}, "total": 1}, result['blocked'])
 
         # search channel containing blocked content
         result = await self.out(self.daemon.jsonrpc_claim_search(channel='@some_channel'))
         self.assertEqual(1, len(result['items']))
-        self.assertEqual({"channels": {blocking_channel_id: 1}, "total": 1}, result['blocked'])
+        self.assertEqual({"channels": {filtering_channel_id: 1}, "total": 1}, result['blocked'])
 
         # content was filtered by not_tag before censoring
         result = await self.out(self.daemon.jsonrpc_claim_search(channel='@some_channel', not_tags=["good", "bad"]))
         self.assertEqual(0, len(result['items']))
         self.assertEqual({"channels": {}, "total": 0}, result['blocked'])
 
+        blocking_channel_id = self.get_claim_id(
+            await self.channel_create('@blocking', '1.0')
+        )
+        self.conductor.spv_node.server.db.sql.blocking_channel_hashes.add(
+            unhexlify(blocking_channel_id)[::-1]
+        )
+
+        # filtered content can still be resolved
+        result = await self.out(self.daemon.jsonrpc_resolve('lbry://@some_channel/bad_content'))
+        self.assertEqual(bad_content_id, result['lbry://@some_channel/bad_content']['claim_id'])
+
+        await self.stream_repost(bad_content_id, 'block1', '1.1', channel_name='@blocking')
+
+        # blocked content is not resolveable
+        result = await self.out(self.daemon.jsonrpc_resolve('lbry://@some_channel/bad_content'))
+        error = result['lbry://@some_channel/bad_content']['error']
+        self.assertTrue(error['name'], 'blocked')
+        self.assertTrue(error['text'].startswith("Resolve of 'lbry://@some_channel/bad_content' was censored"))
+
     async def test_publish_updates_file_list(self):
         tx = await self.stream_create(title='created')
         txo = tx['outputs'][0]
diff --git a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_resolve_command.py b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_resolve_command.py
index ba43b3b23..ce0af98e6 100644
--- a/tests/integration/blockchain/test_resolve_command.py
+++ b/tests/integration/blockchain/test_resolve_command.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class BaseResolveTestCase(CommandTestCase):
         other = (await self.resolve(name))[name]
         if claim_id is None:
             self.assertIn('error', other)
+            self.assertEqual(other['error']['name'], 'not_found')
         else:
             self.assertEqual(claim_id, other['claim_id'])