26-28-117. Priority of certain claims.

(a) In a delinquency proceeding against an insurer domiciled in this state, claims owing to residents of ancillary states are preferred claims if like claims are preferred under the laws of this state. All claims owing to residents or nonresidents shall be given equal priority of payment from general assets regardless of where the assets are located.

(b) In a delinquency proceeding against an insurer domiciled in a reciprocal state, claims owing to residents of this state shall be preferred if like claims are preferred by the laws of that state.

(c) The owners of special deposit claims against an insurer for which a receiver is appointed in this or any other state shall be given priority against their special deposits in accordance with the provisions of the statutes governing the creation and maintenance of the deposits. If there is a deficiency in any deposit so that the claims secured thereby are not fully discharged, the claimants may share in the general assets, but that sharing shall be deferred until general creditors, and also claimants against other special deposits who have received smaller percentages from their special deposits, have been paid percentages of their claims equal to the percentage paid from the special deposit.

(d) The owner of a secured claim against an insurer for which a receiver has been appointed in this or any other state may surrender his security and file his claim as a general creditor, or the claim may be discharged by resort to the security, in which case the deficiency, if any, shall be treated as a claim against the insurer's general assets on the same basis as claims of unsecured creditors. If the amount of the deficiency is adjudicated in ancillary proceedings as provided in this chapter, or if it is adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings in which the domiciliary receiver has had notice and opportunity to be heard, the amounts are conclusive. Otherwise the amount shall be determined in the delinquency proceeding in a domiciliary state.