By Miles Layton

ELIZABETH CITY — Elizabeth City Mayor Kirk Rivers, along with a city council member, two candidates for county and state office, a police chief and two prominent community organization leaders are among those appearing on Pasquotank County’s delinquent tax list.

The file with the list is published at the end of this story.

Elizabeth City Mayor Kirk Rivers and his wife, Nina, owe a total of $4,752.93 through their companies, N&K Investment Holdings and K&N Investment Group. I guess that’s better than last year’s total due — see our earlier story from 2025 here — which was around $23,732.

Third Ward Elizabeth City Council member Katherine Felton owes around $1,533 in delinquent property taxes, according to the list.

Jay Lane, formerly a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Senate, appears on the list owing around $1,133.

Timothy Stallings, a candidate for Pasquotank County Commissioner, is listed as owing around $1,335 in delinquent taxes.

Elizabeth City Police Chief Eddie Graham appears on the list with around $544 owed.

NAACP executive officer Keisha Dobie, who serves as 3rd vice president of the county’s NAACP chapter, appears on the delinquent list owing about $381. 

Deborah Malenfont, executive director of Elizabeth City Downtown Inc., owes around $4,792. Her organization promotes economic development and revitalization in the city’s downtown corridor.

North Carolina law requires county tax offices to publish an annual list of delinquent taxpayers. Property owners can pay outstanding balances, including accrued interest and penalties, to have their names removed. Continued nonpayment can result in the county initiating foreclosure proceedings.

Worth noting, this information is public record. Newspapers charge the county big dollars to publish this tax list – we’ll call that a taxpayer subsidy. Because of state law, county governments are required to spend taxpayer dollars to publish these lists. But let’s face facts – local newspapers do NOT have the reach they once did, especially in rural areas, so paying for this subsidy that reaches a tiny sliver of the population makes no sense. 

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