Engineering IT does not track ownership of equipment belonging to your department. Property purchased by your department or research group must be inventoried and tagged by your department's business office, or your group's business administrator. Note that not all equipment is required to have a PTag. Generally, only equipment costing over a certain amount is required to have a PTag. If equipment does not have a PTag, Engineering IT may need to confirm with you or your business personnel whether a given piece of equipment is university-owned or not.

For reference, below is shown an example of a common modern university PTag. Other forms of tags do exist. They may look different depending on their age. On computer equipment, PTags are often placed near a device's serial number or other identifying markings.