Tagging

When a piece of equipment is purchased and paid for, we gather the information from the accounting system and determine if the items should receive a tag. When we tag the asset, we record the location, model, serial, VIN and other important identification information to be entered into our database.

The main criteria used for determining whether an asset should be tagged is:

Items purchased with Contract & Grant money may be tagged if they cost less than $5,000. Also, departments may request us to tag high theft items (e.g. laptops, projectors) to help deter theft. 

Tagging an item allows us to assign a unique number that easily identifies the asset as NCSU property. NCSU capital asset tags are white stickers with red and black lettering.

Occasionally, an asset meets the criteria to be tagged but it is not physically possible to place a sticker on it. For example, a piece of lab equipment could be too sensitive or too small for us to affix a sticker. In this case, we would assign a number to it and record the asset’s information in our database.  

If you discover an asset that should be tagged but is not, let us know the purchase information for the asset.  We will research the item and tag it if necessary. 

If you discover an asset with a ripped or defaced tag, let us know the old tag number and we will come and replace the tag.