59A-41-15: "Secured claim" defined.

"Secured claim" means any claim secured by mortgage, trust deed, pledge, deposit as security, escrow or otherwise, but not including special deposit claims or claims against general assets. "Secured claims" also include claims which more than four (4) months prior to commencement of delinquency proceedings in the state of the insurer's domicile have become liens upon specific assets through judicial process and not invalidated.