Numbered identification tags placed upon inventoried equipment identify items with accountable units. The recording and tagging system facilitates periodic review of University equipment. An item is added to the University's inventory record if it meets the criteria for nonexpendable equipment as defined by the state of Washington and interpreted by WSU Property Inventory.
Life expectancy exceeds one year.
The University also inventories small and attractive items. WSU considers them particularly vulnerable to loss, thus suggesting the need for special property control. Small and attractive items include any firearm, weapon, signal gun or related accessory, regardless of cost. Optical devices, binoculars, telescopes, infrared viewers and range finders. Cameras and photographic projection equipment.