THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT
FOR JOHNSON COUNTY
CASE NO. ESPR036968
IN THE MATTER OF
THE ESTATE OF
RAYMOND R. SCOTT, Deceased.
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, OF
APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR, AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Raymond R. Scott, Deceased, who died on or about September 24, 2025:
You are hereby notified that on October 30, 2025, the Last Will and Testament of Raymond R. Scott, deceased, bearing date of November 15, 2016, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and that Scott R. Smith, Jr. and Heather Kauder have been appointed Co-Executors of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.
Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above-named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.
Dated October 31, 2025.
Scott Roy Smith, Jr., Co-Executor of Estate
3395-123rd Street
Amana, IA 52203
Heather Kauder, Co-Executor of
Estate
808 1st Avenue W
Cascade, IA 52033
Timothy R. Greenwood,
ICIS#: AT0012283
Leslie L. Moore, ICIS#: AT0005497
Attorneys for Co-Executors
LEFF LAW FIRM, L.L.P.
222 S. Linn Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
Date of second publication
November 13, 2025