diff --git a/api/handler/delete.go b/api/handler/delete.go
index 6c0198cdb..aa020c94b 100644
--- a/api/handler/delete.go
+++ b/api/handler/delete.go
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/data"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer"
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	oid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/id"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (h *handler) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		err = deletedObject.Error
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "object is locked") {
+		if isErrObjectLocked(err) {
 			h.logAndSendError(w, "object is locked", reqInfo, errors.GetAPIError(errors.ErrAccessDenied))
 			return
 		}
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ func (h *handler) DeleteObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 }
 
+func isErrObjectLocked(err error) bool {
+	switch err.(type) {
+	default:
+		return false
+	case apistatus.ObjectLocked,
+		*apistatus.ObjectLocked:
+		return true
+	}
+}
+
 // DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler handles multiple delete requests.
 func (h *handler) DeleteMultipleObjectsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	reqInfo := api.GetReqInfo(r.Context())
diff --git a/api/layer/container.go b/api/layer/container.go
index dce1a40e5..a8106d470 100644
--- a/api/layer/container.go
+++ b/api/layer/container.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package layer
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api"
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer/neofs"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/acl"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container"
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/eacl"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (n *layer) containerInfo(ctx context.Context, idCnr *cid.ID) (*data.BucketI
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error("could not fetch container", zap.Error(err))
 
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "container not found") {
+		if client.IsErrContainerNotFound(err) {
 			return nil, errors.GetAPIError(errors.ErrNoSuchBucket)
 		}
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/api/layer/object.go b/api/layer/object.go
index 551380ee2..d404cd128 100644
--- a/api/layer/object.go
+++ b/api/layer/object.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/data"
 	apiErrors "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/errors"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer/neofs"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client"
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/object/address"
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ func (n *layer) headVersion(ctx context.Context, bkt *data.BucketInfo, p *HeadOb
 
 	meta, err := n.objectHead(ctx, bkt.CID, id)
 	if err != nil {
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not found") {
+		if client.IsErrObjectNotFound(err) {
 			return nil, apiErrors.GetAPIError(apiErrors.ErrNoSuchVersion)
 		}
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/neofs/neofs.go b/internal/neofs/neofs.go
index f3b483b92..1d759adbe 100644
--- a/internal/neofs/neofs.go
+++ b/internal/neofs/neofs.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"strconv"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	objectv2 "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer/neofs"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/authmate"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/creds/tokens"
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container"
 	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/eacl"
@@ -292,9 +292,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) SelectObjects(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectSelect) ([
 		return false
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-			return nil, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+		if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 		}
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read object list: %w", err)
@@ -312,9 +311,8 @@ type payloadReader struct {
 func (x payloadReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, err := x.ReadCloser.Read(p)
 	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-			return n, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+		if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+			return n, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -340,9 +338,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) ReadObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectRead) (*neofs
 		if prm.WithPayload {
 			res, err := x.pool.GetObject(ctx, prmGet)
 			if err != nil {
-				// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-				if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-					return nil, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+				if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 				}
 
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("init full object reading via connection pool: %w", err)
@@ -373,9 +370,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) ReadObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectRead) (*neofs
 
 		hdr, err := x.pool.HeadObject(ctx, prmHead)
 		if err != nil {
-			// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-				return nil, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+			if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 			}
 
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read object header via connection pool: %w", err)
@@ -387,9 +383,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) ReadObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectRead) (*neofs
 	} else if prm.PayloadRange[0]+prm.PayloadRange[1] == 0 {
 		res, err := x.pool.GetObject(ctx, prmGet)
 		if err != nil {
-			// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-				return nil, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+			if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 			}
 
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("init full payload range reading via connection pool: %w", err)
@@ -413,9 +408,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) ReadObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectRead) (*neofs
 
 	res, err := x.pool.ObjectRange(ctx, prmRange)
 	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-			return nil, neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+		if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 		}
 
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("init payload range reading via connection pool: %w", err)
@@ -443,9 +437,8 @@ func (x *NeoFS) DeleteObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectDelete) err
 
 	err := x.pool.DeleteObject(ctx, prmDelete)
 	if err != nil {
-		// TODO: (neofs-s3-gw#367) use NeoFS SDK API to check the status return
-		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "access to operation") && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "is denied by") {
-			return neofs.ErrAccessDenied
+		if reason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, reason)
 		}
 
 		return fmt.Errorf("mark object removal via connection pool: %w", err)
@@ -454,6 +447,17 @@ func (x *NeoFS) DeleteObject(ctx context.Context, prm neofs.PrmObjectDelete) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+func isErrAccessDenied(err error) (string, bool) {
+	switch err := err.(type) {
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	case apistatus.ObjectAccessDenied:
+		return err.Reason(), true
+	case *apistatus.ObjectAccessDenied:
+		return err.Reason(), true
+	}
+}
+
 // ResolverNeoFS represents virtual connection to the NeoFS network.
 // It implements resolver.NeoFS.
 type ResolverNeoFS struct {
diff --git a/internal/neofs/neofs_test.go b/internal/neofs/neofs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04f56ccc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/neofs/neofs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package neofs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-s3-gw/api/layer/neofs"
+	apistatus "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/client/status"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestErrorChecking(t *testing.T) {
+	reason := "some reason"
+	err := new(apistatus.ObjectAccessDenied)
+	err.WriteReason(reason)
+
+	var wrappedError error
+
+	if fetchedReason, ok := isErrAccessDenied(err); ok {
+		wrappedError = fmt.Errorf("%w: %s", neofs.ErrAccessDenied, fetchedReason)
+	}
+
+	require.ErrorIs(t, wrappedError, neofs.ErrAccessDenied)
+	require.Contains(t, wrappedError.Error(), reason)
+}