Zweifel sets up shop at State Fair

people typically pick up a corn dog or a funnel cake when tranversing around the Missouri State Fair. But state Treasurer Clint Zweifel is offering up something completely different – unclaimed assets.

Zweifel announced yesterday that his Unclaimed Property Division will set up shop at the Sedalia extravaganza. It will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day of the State Fair in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. Attendees will have a chance to search for property, file claims and ask questions.

“There is still more than $500 million waiting to be claimed and one in 10 Missourians are entitled to that money,” Zweifel said in a statement. “My team is constantly looking for ways to reach out to Missourians, and with the economy the way it is, there has never been a more important time to get this money back into the hands of owners.”

Zweifel’s press release stated that the treasurer’s office “set a record” with 74,441 unclaimed property accounts paid during the 2009 fiscal year. The release also notes that the first-term Democratic official’s office paid out more than $26.67 million during the same period.